Stirrup vessel ·  Peru, Nazca, South Coast · ID: 3033117

Description

fired clay, polychrome painting, globular, with a twin spout and bridge handle, on both sides painted with beaked birds with fluttering wings, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on acrylic base;
the painting is polychrome as the Nazca artists had managed to develop a whole series of fireresisting colours applied to vessels before firing. The themes chosen are affected by a strong symbolism but do not show any individual representations of princes, priests or warriors.

Comparing literature

Wieczorek, Alfried (Hg.), An die Mächte der Natur, Mainz 2002, p. 131, ill. 4.13