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34<br />

*43<br />

EARLY MOCHICA VESSEL<br />

Ca. 300-100 B. C.<br />

The unusual architectural structure depicting a<br />

tall, stepped tower perhaps a pyramid or temple<br />

with a dais covered by a canopy, often denoting<br />

a sacred abode, with a miniature priest wearing a<br />

cone-shaped helmet positioned at the parapet,<br />

the stonework indicated by stripped bands,<br />

painted in orange and reddish brown.<br />

Height 22.2 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1930-1949<br />

Literature<br />

Ferdinand Anton, Alt -Peru und seine Kunst,<br />

Leipzig, 1972, pl. 166<br />

Istvan Racz, Perun Taide, Helsinki, 1975, pl. 93<br />

Cf. for the general type, Spirit of Ancient Peru, pl. 26<br />

€ 1 500 – 2 500

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