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LOT 2232

Pre Columbian Black Ware Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Animals

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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LOT 2232

Pre Columbian Black Ware Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Animals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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