PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
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LAMBAYEQUE BLACKWARE<br />
ZOOMORPHIC VESSEL<br />
Ca. A. D. 900-1100<br />
Naturalistically molded with two conjoined water birds, possibly<br />
cormorants, with a smaller bird perched on the back<br />
of one of the pair grasping a fi sh in its beak, each with long<br />
neck and head tilted downward.<br />
Height 21 cm<br />
Literature<br />
Istvan Racz, Perun Taide, Helsinki, 1975, pl. 25<br />
€ 800 – 1 200<br />
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LARGE CHIMU BLACKWARE VESSEL<br />
Ca. A. D. 1000-1250<br />
Of unusual confi guration with the pear-shaped body with<br />
the neck molded with the head of a raptorial bird with its<br />
body tightly encircled from top to bottom by two snakes.<br />
Height 37 cm<br />
Cf. Sackler Collections, fi g. 79 for a similar bird<br />
€ 1 000 – 1 500<br />
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