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LOT 2294
Pre-Columbian Late Inca Polychrome Wooden Kero
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (998 grams, 19 cm high).
Decorated using pigmented resin inlay to depict a frieze of figures and birds within panels created by ribbons radiating from masks, medial band of geometric forms, floral motifs below; cleaned and conserved.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1970s.
Jan Pelles / Lyngbye collection.
Senatus Consulto, Denmark, 2010.
Ex private collection of Mr N.J., Leicester, UK.
See Geiger, G., At the Heart of Pre Columbian America, 5 Continents, Milan, 2003, p.216, no. 175, for a kero of similar design.
FootnotesThese early colonial drinking cups display a combination of Spanish influence in the depiction of figures and flowers while retaining the indigenous preference for geometric design.
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Pre-Columbian Late Inca Polychrome Wooden Kero
15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Decorated using pigmented resin inlay to depict a frieze of figures and birds within panels created by ribbons radiating from masks, medial band of geometric forms, floral motifs below; cleaned and conserved. 998 grams, 19 cm high
Fine condition, cleaned and conserved.
Acquired 1960s-1970s. Jan Pelles / Lyngbye collection. Senatus Consulto, Denmark, 2010. Ex private collection of Mr N.J., Leicester, UK.
These early colonial drinking cups display a combination of Spanish influence in the depiction of figures and flowers while retaining the indigenous preference for geometric design. -
Prehispanic Jamacoque Terracotta Mask
500 B.C.-500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Fragment, featuring stylised facial detailing in relief; attachment piercings to the forehead. 159 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex private collection since the 1980s. With Acreman St antiques auction, Sherborne, UK. -
Large Prehispanic Grooved Polished Stone Axehead
Neolithic, 6th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Lentoid in section with tongue-shaped cheeks, shallow groove to neck and broadly trapezoidal head with rounded butt; numbered collector's id labels applied to one face. 1.1 kg, 18.5 cm
Ex private collection, Mézières-lez-Cléry, France, 1970. Acquired by inheritance in 2022.
