Stirrup vessel
Peru, northern coast, Chavin/Late Cupisnique
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USASize
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
fired red clay, greyish brown coating, spherical receptacle of massive solid form, four cartouches with homogeneous incised motifs on the outside: the ground roughened, the incised forms revealing the red-coloured clay underneath, presumably depicting a jaguar goddess, slightly dam. (spout)