Pair of “cuchimilco” figures, ca. 1200 - 1400 AD · Peru, Chancay · ID: 3052488

Name: Pair of “cuchimilco” figures, ca. 1200 - 1400 AD
SKU: 3052488
Price: 2100 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

Sold EUR 2,100

Provenance

G.A.H. Buisman Jzn., Bern, Switzerland
Christie’s, New York, 21 November 2006, lot 57
A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, Germany

Size

H: 47 cm & 49 cm

H: 18.5 inch & 19.3 inch

Description

unglazed terracotta, cream white, red and black paint,

These figures are typically presented in pairs, depicting male and female counterparts. While their precise function remains uncertain, they are thought to have served as guardians of the tomb or as symbolic companions accompanying the deceased into the afterlife.

The object Pair of “cuchimilco” figures, ca. 1200 - 1400 AD with the object ID 3052488 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 66 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,100.

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Exhibition

Geneva: Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palias de Nations, March 12 - Mai 31, 2001; Amsterdam: "Sun Kingdoms of the Americas", Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May-June 2002