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LOT 2353
Pre-Columbian Black Ware Vessel with Warrior
CHIMU CULTURE, 12TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (529 grams, 17.4 cm).
Tall tongue-shaped vessel with four lateral bulbs, splayed base, funicular mouth; reverse with low-relief image of a facing male on a pounced field with arms drawn across the chest, holding a mace; reverse with two triangular pounced panels. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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