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PRECOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz

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22<br />

*27<br />

EARLY/MIDDLE MOCHICA<br />

ZOOMORPHIC VESSEL<br />

Ca. 100 B. C. 200 A. D.<br />

In the form of a llama’s head with lips parted,<br />

nostrils fl ared and downward hanging ears and<br />

painted in cream and reddish brown.<br />

Height 18.5 cm<br />

Cf. Lapiner, fi g. 273<br />

€ 900 – 1 200<br />

*28<br />

EARLY/MIDDLE MOCHICA VESSEL<br />

Ca. 100 B. C.-A. D. 500<br />

Incised on each side with a highly stylized avian<br />

head with the circumference surrounded by<br />

incised step motifs, the stirrup handle decorated<br />

with miniature long tailed animals, in pale orange<br />

and reddish brown.<br />

Height 20 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1949<br />

€ 900 – 1 200

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