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TWO NAZCA POLYCHROME BOWLS<br />

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

Each painted in tan, white, grey, maroon, orange and shades of<br />

brown, covered over the entirety of the receptacles, one with two<br />

supernatural heads with hands to the sides, and the base decorated<br />

with swimming fi sh, the waisted bowl with the Anthropomorphic<br />

Mythical Deity grasping a stylized fi gure and with a serpent as<br />

tongue issuing forth small frogs.<br />

Heights 5 and 7 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1946<br />

€ 500 – 700<br />

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TWO NAZCA POLYCHROME BOWLS<br />

One a waisted cup painted with the fl ying Anthropomorphic<br />

Mythical Being holding a trophy head and his spears, his cape<br />

trimmed with spears and another trophy head at the end, in shades<br />

of brown, tan, maroon, grey and white, the other painted with a<br />

frieze of splayed frogs in shades of brown, tan, white and grey-plum.<br />

Heights 10 and 8 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1946<br />

€ 600 – 900<br />

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