Chavin Incised Stone Bowl Mythological Creatures
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**Originally Listed At $5500**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A beautiful bowl of a lightly-compressed spherical form, hand-carved from mottled brown stone with faint orange inclusions. The bowl has a rounded base, convex walls, and a deep interior cavity surrounded by a protruding rim. The body depicts a quartet of abstract mythological creature heads, each with large spiraling eyes, concentric circle earspools, a curled snout, and bared fangs, with a smaller serpentine-form animal projecting from their snout. Size: 7.375" W x 4.4" H (18.7 cm x 11.2 cm).
Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection; ex-Jose Arias collection, collected in the early 20th c and brought to Argentina by his grandfather, then to the US in the 1970s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#146297
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A beautiful bowl of a lightly-compressed spherical form, hand-carved from mottled brown stone with faint orange inclusions. The bowl has a rounded base, convex walls, and a deep interior cavity surrounded by a protruding rim. The body depicts a quartet of abstract mythological creature heads, each with large spiraling eyes, concentric circle earspools, a curled snout, and bared fangs, with a smaller serpentine-form animal projecting from their snout. Size: 7.375" W x 4.4" H (18.7 cm x 11.2 cm).
Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection; ex-Jose Arias collection, collected in the early 20th c and brought to Argentina by his grandfather, then to the US in the 1970s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#146297
Condition
Minor abrasions to rim, body, and base, with light encrustations, otherwise intact and near-choice. Light earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory label within basin. Four modern felt feet beneath base for stabilization.
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Chavin Incised Stone Bowl Mythological Creatures
Estimate $5,000 - $7,500
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