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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CHANCAY TEXTILE FRAGMENT<br />
Possibly part of a tunic in slit tapestry weave in<br />
camelid wool in shaded red, brown and cream<br />
with a bold pattern of zigzags with the lower<br />
border with diagonal bands of stylized birds,<br />
alternating in color, and framed by stepped curl<br />
motifs, the wide fringe with zoomorphic fi gures.<br />
94 x 63 cm<br />
Cf. Chancay, pl. 125<br />
€ 1 600 – 1 800<br />
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CHANCAY TEXTILE FRAGMENT<br />
Ca. A. D. 1100-1300<br />
Woven in camelid wool in tomato red, ocher, tan<br />
and dark brown with fi ve stepped lozenges, each<br />
enclosing a helmeted warrior with arms upraised<br />
within interlocking stylized bird heads with large<br />
staring eyes.<br />
79 x 25.5 cm<br />
€ 400 – 600<br />
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