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

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NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL<br />

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

Painted with two fl ying Demon Felines each<br />

with mouth mask, tongue projecting, octopus<br />

headdress with tentacles surrounding the face,<br />

wearing a loincloth with a belt of stylized trophy<br />

heads, in grey, maroon, orange-brown, black and<br />

white.<br />

Height 16 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1940<br />

€ 700 – 900<br />

*124<br />

NAZCA POLYCHROME VESSEL<br />

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

Painted maroon, grey, white, dark and orangebrown,<br />

with the head of a supernatural creature<br />

on each side with arms extended, streamers<br />

emerging from the top of the head, below the<br />

mouth red dots perhaps an allusion to blood,<br />

separated by a profusion of stylized octopuses.<br />

Height 14 cm<br />

€ 700 – 900

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