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

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*57<br />

EARLY MOCHICA GREYWARE VESSEL<br />

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

Incised on four sides with a complex pattern<br />

of deep incised areas representing four highly<br />

stylized stingrays, the sunken areas probably once<br />

inlaid.<br />

Height 24 cm<br />

€ 1 000 – 1 400<br />

*58<br />

MIDDLE MOCHICA<br />

GREYWARE LIMB VESSEL<br />

Ca. A. D. 200-500<br />

The naturalistically depicted leg bent sharply<br />

with wide foot extended, the ankle incised with<br />

a zigzag pattern.<br />

Length 20 cm<br />

Such ceramics in the form of human limbs<br />

probably refer to the amputations meted out on<br />

captives.<br />

€ 1 200 – 1 800<br />

58<br />

57<br />

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