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*132<br />

NAZCA VESSEL<br />

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

Painted in maroon, grey, shades of brown,<br />

white and black, with a row of striding<br />

raptorial birds, each with recurved beak<br />

and large staring rimmed eye.<br />

Diameter 18 cm<br />

€ 800 – 1 200<br />

132 133<br />

*133<br />

NAZCA POLYCHROME BOWL<br />

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

Painted in maroon, grey, shades of brown,<br />

white and black, with a row of condors (?),<br />

in alternating colors, each with recurved<br />

beak and large staring rimmed eye.<br />

Diameter 17.5 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1946<br />

€ 1 000 – 1 500<br />

*134<br />

NAZCA VESSEL<br />

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

Representing an unusual clutch of three<br />

chili peppers, of long tapering form attached<br />

together at their stems, linear lines<br />

indicating the ribs, painted in wine red,<br />

white, cream and dark brown.<br />

Height 12 cm<br />

Literature<br />

Ferdinand Anton and Frederick Dockstader,<br />

Das Alte Amerika, Baden, 1967,<br />

pg. 184<br />

€ 500 – 800

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