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RARE NAZCA VESSEL<br />

Ca. A. D. 300-600<br />

In the form of a striding Demon Feline deity, with robust tubular<br />

legs and talons demarcated, the exterior of the ovoid bowl painted<br />

and molded on one side with the physiognomy of the deity with<br />

bared teeth and small red dots perhaps indicating blood, tongue<br />

projecting adorned with eye mask and curling whiskers, with stylized<br />

stingray motifs around the circumference, painted in tan, dark<br />

brown, white, grey and deep red and orange.<br />

Repaired<br />

Length 29.2 cm<br />

The Demon Feline also known as the Anthropomorphic Mythical<br />

Being has its roots in Paracas textile art and persists in the Nazca<br />

style.<br />

€ 1 500 – 2 500<br />

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