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CHAVIN BLACKWARE VESSEL<br />

Ca. 700-400 B. C.<br />

The stylized conch shell with truncated end and<br />

a coiled apex, the body incised with wheelshaped<br />

motifs, with remains of ochre pigment.<br />

Height 22.2 cm<br />

€ 500 – 700<br />

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EARLY CHAVIN GREYWARE BOTTLE<br />

Ca. 1400-400 B. C.<br />

The body scored overall in a rough, organic<br />

manner, the raised projections probably depictions<br />

of cherimoyas, an Andean fruit.<br />

Height 18 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1949<br />

Cf. for the general type, Lapiner, fi g. 89<br />

€ 800 – 1 200<br />

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CHAVIN STONE MACE HEAD<br />

Ca. 700-400 B. C.<br />

Star-shaped with six tapering projections,<br />

in fi ne green stone.<br />

Diameter 12 cm<br />

Literature<br />

Hans-Dietrich Disselhoff , Leben im alten<br />

Peru, Munich, 1966, fi g. 223<br />

€ 450 – 650<br />

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