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46<br />

*59<br />

RECUAY FIGURAL VESSEL<br />

Ca. A. D. 100-300<br />

The cylindrical body decorated in black resist<br />

with two ferocious serpents separated by stylized<br />

stingrays surmounted on the top by a seated<br />

dignitary with a staff in one hand and a beaker in<br />

the other with a diminutive attendant kneeling<br />

in front and presenting a bowl of off erings and<br />

fl anked by attendants carrying off erings, the whole<br />

painted in tan with decorative details in black.<br />

Height 20 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Dr. Ernst Hauswedell Auction, Hamburg, 1964,<br />

lot 522<br />

Cf. Anton, 1972, pl. 87<br />

€ 900 – 1 200<br />

*60<br />

RARE RECUAY BLACKWARE<br />

FIGURAL VESSEL<br />

Ca. A .D .100-300<br />

The rotund seated fi gure with hands placed to his<br />

chest, the planar face with large eyes, long hair<br />

streaming down the back and tattoos on the chin,<br />

wearing a patterned loincloth and earspools with<br />

pendants.<br />

Height 18 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1949<br />

Cf. Eisleb, pl. 151<br />

€ 1 200 – 1 800

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