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NAZCA EFFIGY VESSEL
Ca. A. D. 300-600
Painted in deep red, brown, tan, grey, white and
black, in the form of a massive male fi gure grasping
a fl ying supernatural fi gure with mouth ajar
and showing teeth, wearing an elaborate patterned
tunic, with stylized octopus heads and snakes
encircling the reverse, sporting a moustache and
long tresses.
Literature
Istvan Racz, Perun Taide, Helsinki, 1975, pl. 57
Cf. for a similar composition, Nasca, pl. 125
€ 1 500 – 2 500
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LARGE NAZCA PORTRAIT HEAD
Ca. A. D. 300-600
Of a deceased, bearded dignitary or a possibly a
trophy head, with broad facial place, eyes cast upward
and surrounded with facial paint, lips pulled
downward, wearing a tall, striped turban, painted
in tan, brown, black and deep red.
Height 20 cm
Cf. Villaret, pg. 100
The long Andean tradition of trophy-head taking
as a specialized religious activity becomes a wellestablished
rite in the South Coast of ancient Peru,
especially in the Early and Middle Nazca periods.
€ 1 500 – 2 500
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NAZCA POLYCHROME BOWL
Ca. A. D. 300-600
Painted with two sweeping fi gures of the Anthropomorphic
Mythical Deity and staring resolutely,
holding weapons attired in a patterned tunic
and cape with a border of trophy heads, in white,
black, grey, wine red, tawny brown and tan.
Diameter 27 cm
In contrast to Moche ceramics, which emphasize
the modeled form and use a reduced pigment
palette, Nazca ceramics display a wider, more vivid
range of colors and a fl atter conception of form.
€ 2 000 – 4 000
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