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Pre Columbian Red Ware Anthropomorphic Vessel Pre Columbian Red Ware Anthropomorphic Vessel Pre Columbian Red Ware Anthropomorphic Vessel
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LOT 2245

Pre Columbian Red Ware Anthropomorphic Vessel

CHIMU CULTURE, 10TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.

7 7/8 in. (610 grams, 20 cm).

Comprising a bulbous body with central dimple to each face, pierced lugs to the shoulders, funicular neck with applied facial detailing to obverse, painted panels to reverse; lateral painted bands enclosing on each broad face a stylised facing figure with claw-like hands and braided hanks of hair. [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 2245

Pre Columbian Red Ware Anthropomorphic Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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