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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s. From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent. From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK. 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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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.