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Pre Columbian Black Ware Stirrup Jar Pre Columbian Black Ware Stirrup Jar Pre Columbian Black Ware Stirrup Jar
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LOT 2244

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]

Provenance

From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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 2244

Pre Columbian Black Ware Stirrup Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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