Stirrup vessel · Peru, northern coast, Chavin/Late Cupisnique · ID: 3038542
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)
The object Stirrup vessel with the object ID 3038542 was part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction on June 27, 2015. The object with the lot number 140 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,600 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 268