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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
CHIMU CULTURE, 10TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (610 grams, 18.5 cm high).
Bulbous body with splayed foot, wide handle set between the two long spouts, an applied frog beneath each spot and a human-headed long-tailed figure atop the handle; the body divided into four quadrants with deeply incised lines, and the foot with deeply incised dimples. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
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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