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LOT 2242

Inca Painted Pottery Stirrup Jar with Crouching Figure

CIRCA 1100 A.D.

5 7/8 in. (471 grams, 15 cm).

Stirrup jar comprising a cuboid body with crouching figure above wearing a segmented collar and low pillbox cap; to the rear of the handle am integrally modelled monkey.

Provenance

Franziska Gassner (1907-2005), Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, assembled between 1945 and 1980.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 2242

Inca Painted Pottery Stirrup Jar with Crouching Figure

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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