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LOT 2322
Pre-Columbian Black Ware Vessel with Birds
CHIMU CULTURE, 12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (9 in.) (648 grams, 18 cm (679 grams total, 23 cm high including stand)).
With domed body and pointed underside,broad trumpet-shaped mouth, trapezoidal panels to the shoulder with pounced texture and reserved profile bird; with custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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