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*151<br />

PAIR <strong>OF</strong> INCA BOWLS<br />

Ca. A. D. 1470-1532<br />

The shallow off erings dishes modeled as stylized<br />

birds with head jutting on one end and the tail<br />

feathers at the other, painted in the bowl in<br />

cream, dark brown and dark red with seed motifs.<br />

Diameter each 15.5 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1951<br />

Cf. Anton, 1972, pl. 280-281<br />

€ 300 – 500<br />

*152<br />

COLONIAL WOOD<br />

CEREMONIAL KERO<br />

Ca. A. D. 1470-1560<br />

Of fl aring form painted in ocher, green, red and<br />

white with four large spotted felines with talons<br />

outstretched and fangs bared, in alternating<br />

colors, with a diminutive striding, fl utist attired in<br />

traditional Inca costume, ancient repair..<br />

Height 17 cm<br />

€ 1 000 – 2 000

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