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LOT 2346
Pre-Columbian Black Ware Stirrup Jar
CHIMU CULTURE, 12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
9 in. (679 grams, 23 cm).
A grey-black burnished ceramic bottle formed as four conjoined gourds and arched stirrup neck; kneeling figure holding spout. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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