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Pre-Columbian Wari Painted Ceramic Jug Pre-Columbian Wari Painted Ceramic Jug Pre-Columbian Wari Painted Ceramic Jug
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LOT 2218

Pre-Columbian Wari Painted Ceramic Jug

CIRCA 900 A.D.

9 1/4 in. (917 grams total, 23.5 cm high including stand).

Pear-shaped with a flaring neck and openwork handles of possible anthropomorphic form with face baring teeth to the side, polychrome painted geometric scheme to the upper body; 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 Ekholm, G., The Maremont Collection of Pre Columbian Art, The Israel Museum, p.107, for a similar example of an effigy jar.

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LOT 2218

Pre-Columbian Wari Painted Ceramic Jug

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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