Pre-Columbian Painted Peruvian Inca Libation Vessel

1000-1400 A.D.

10 1/4 in. (1.37 kg total, 26 cm high including stand).

Of highly stylised form, the body of carinated form and tapering to a pointed base, trumpet-shaped neck and mouth and two lug handles to the lower body; polychrome painted geometric scheme to one face; accompanied by a display base. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.

Literature

See Pimentel, V., Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, 5 Continents, Milan, 2012, p.138, for a vessel in similar style.

CONDITION

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LOT 2231