Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of a broad form featuring a quartet of left-facing hummingbirds across the exterior surfaces. The bowl exhibits a round but stable base, slanted walls, and a deep basin with stone-burnished surfaces and a uniform brick-red hue. The similarly burnished exterior features 4 hummingbirds in flight with backswept wings, plump bodies, slender tails with individual feathers, and bulbous heads with needle-like beaks. A wonderful utilitarian example from ancient Peru! Size: 6.1" W x 2.8" H (15.5 cm x 7.1 cm)

Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired prior to 2010

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Professional repairs to walls from roughly 6 pieces, with nearly invisible restoration to a few areas and along break lines, and resurfacing with overpainting along new material and break lines. Small nicks and pitting to rim, walls, base, and basin surfaces, with light fading to original pigment. Great preservation to hummingbird motifs across exterior walls.