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

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FOUR PARACAS EMBROIDERED<br />

BORDER FRAGMENTS<br />

PARACAS NECROPOLIS<br />

Ca. 400-100 B. C.<br />

The mantle fragments densely embroidered in<br />

the ‘linear’ style, each with the Oculate Being with<br />

wide grin and snakes radiating from the sides with<br />

diminutive similar fi gures along one side, the last<br />

embroidered in a rich composition with stylized<br />

double-headed birds surrounded by smaller birds<br />

in ocher, dark green, dark brown and blue on a<br />

shaded red ground, all with fringe.<br />

16 x 20 to 24 x 59.3 cm<br />

See illustration of three<br />

€ 2 500 – 3 500<br />

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