PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
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MIDDLE MOCHICA DIGNITARY<br />
Ca. A. D. 200-500<br />
In a distinctive deep black slip with the seated aged fi gure grasping<br />
a snarling fox close to his chest with the front paws placed on his<br />
torso, (the animal perhaps symbolic of a power object), with sunken<br />
eyes and furrowed face, the cheeks once inlaid, wearing a long tunic,<br />
headdress with tumi- like fl anges and large earspools, the whole<br />
once decoratively inlaid.<br />
Height 17.2 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1930-1949<br />
The black color of the vase is achieved by fi ring the work in a closed<br />
kiln, a technique used and disseminated by the Chavin cultures.<br />
€ 2 000 – 4 000