Zemanek-Münster

Stirrup vessel ·  Peru, northern Highlands, Chavin/Cupisnique · ID: 3038687

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Provenance
Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany
Robert Zink, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch

Description

burnished clay, greyish brown paint, black discolouration, spherical, flat bottom, jagged compartments with roughened surface, dam., missing parts (rim of the spout);
the chamber of this bottle has been thoroughly transformed by attaching small pieces of clay, which were then incised with vertical lines. This technique, known as “appliqué nubbins”, creates a surface reminiscent of organic materials like tree bark or the surface of a mollusk.


The object Stirrup vessel with the object ID 3038687 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 139.

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Expertise

Thermoluminescence Expertise, 13.10.1981, Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany


Comparing literature

Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1997, p. 84


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