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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TWO PERUVIAN TEXTILE<br />
FRAGMENTS<br />
Ca. A. D. 200-1000<br />
one a fi nely woven Huari fragment probably<br />
from a tunic in camelid wool with<br />
the remnants of a striding fi gure, a smaller<br />
fi gure below in shaded green and pink,<br />
ocher, white, dark brown and magenta<br />
red, together with a Huarmey (?) fragment<br />
woven with two confronted warriors with<br />
feline-headed serpents issuing from their<br />
headdresses in pastel blue, shaded red,<br />
brown, tan and white.<br />
55 x 19 and 14 x 19 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Galerie Fischer, Luzern, June 12, 1956, lot<br />
213, for the fi rst<br />
See illustration of one<br />
€ 500 – 800<br />
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EARLY HUARI<br />
ZOOMORPHIC VESSEL<br />
NIEVERIA STYLE<br />
Ca. A. D. 800-1000<br />
The standing round-bellied bird with a crest<br />
of feathers on its chest, possibly a tinamou,<br />
with pierced beak and wings outstretched,<br />
the plumage vividly painted with a spotted<br />
pattern in grey, black, white, wine red and<br />
orange-brown; one foot lacking.<br />
Height 15 cm<br />
Cf. Lapiner, pl. 535<br />
€ 1 500 – 2 500<br />
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THREE TIAHUANACO<br />
TRIPOD BOWLS<br />
Ca. A. D. 800-1000<br />
Each painted in white on the orange-brown<br />
ground, two with spotted serpents, the<br />
other with decorative patterns.<br />
Diameter each 15 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1949<br />
€ 700 – 1 000
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