PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN 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 />
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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