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*87<br />
PARACAS PAINTED VESSEL<br />
OCUCAJE<br />
Ca. 700-400 B. C.<br />
The expanding rounded sides painted with two<br />
ferocious felines, each with bared fangs, patterned<br />
pelage and long sweeping tail, richly resin painted<br />
in red, ochre, olive green and dark brown.<br />
Height 22 cm<br />
Cf. Lavalle, Paracas, pg. 145<br />
€ 3 500 – 4 500<br />
*88<br />
LARGE PARACAS VESSEL, OCUCAJE<br />
Ca. 700-400 B. C.<br />
With inward-curving rounded walls each incised<br />
with a large standing Feline Deity, possibly a<br />
pampas cat, with feet turned outward, holding a<br />
trophy head by the long hair in each hand, with<br />
cat features with teeth bared, incised whiskers<br />
and ears pointed upward, sweeping tresses<br />
emanating from the sides, with remains of ocher<br />
and red pigment.<br />
Height 40 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Jean Roudillon, Paris, 1963<br />
Cf. Nazca, pl. 31<br />
Paracas ceramics were fi red in a ‘smudging’ atmosphere<br />
creating a dark grey-to-black surface.<br />
€ 4 000 – 6 000
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