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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL
Ca. A. D. 300-600
Painted in orange, tan, grey, black and cream, the squat expanding
vessel in the form of a fi gure with each hand holding a seed pod
or a tumbo, the frontal portion painted with insects on a sandy (?)
ground, the molded face emerging from the strap handle, wearing a
striped cape and headdress incorporating a frog’s head.
Height 9 cm
€ 1 200 – 2 200
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NAZCA POLYCHROME BEAKER
Ca. A. D. 300-600
Of slightly tapering form with rounded base and molded with a
human face within a complex patterned composition including two
fl ying fi gures and octopus tentacles, stylized trophy heads and the
rim also encircled with trophy heads, in cream, tan, grey and shades
of brown.
Height 16 cm
€ 600 – 800
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NAZCA PORTRAIT VESSEL
Ca. A. D. 300-600
With rounded base, modeled with a smiling face, eyes surrounded
with face paint, sporting a moustache and goatee, wearing earspools
and a striped turban, and painted in white, black and reddish
brown.
Height 13 cm
€ 600 – 800
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NAZCA BOWL
Ca. A. D. 300-600
Painted in cream, tan, wine red, grey and shades of brown, the
fl aring walls with an anthropomorphic fi gure, clearly a supernatural
fertility deity, with feet emerging on the reverse, the face distinguished
by the large, staring eyes and dotted complexion, ears made
of squash, wearing a shell collar with pendants of chili peppers and
lucuma, encircled with vine growing fruits or pepinos.
Height 15 cm
Provenance
Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1946
Literature
Ferdinand Anton, Alt -Peru und seine Kunst, Leipzig, 1962, pl. 88a
Ferdinand Anton, Alt -Peru und seine Kunst, Leipzig, 1972, pl. 90
Cf. Nasca, pl. 195
€ 1 200 – 1 500
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