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Adorable Inca Pottery Stirrup Bottle in Feline Form
Adorable Inca Pottery Stirrup Bottle in Feline Form
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Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Inca, ca. 1470 to 1523 CE. A charming hollow-built pottery bottle with a rounded base, a bulbous body, a stirrup-shaped handle, and a cylindrical spout with a discoid rim. The highly burnished vessel depicts an amusing feline-form animal with a cream-slip body, dark-brown limbs, and a head which is divided down the middle with cream and brown hues. The concentric circular eyes give the beast a puzzled expression, and flared nostrils, bared teeth, and perky ears constitute the rest of the countenance. A small dark-brown ring encircles the base of the spout, and a radiating pattern adorns the rim. Size: 6" L x 3.7" W x 6" H (15.2 cm x 9.4 cm x 15.2 cm)

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, purchased May 10, 2019; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-Jim Butler collection, Ohio, USA, acquired at auction

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#170677
Condition
Repaired from multiple large pieces with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Light restoration to both front arms, one ear, and parts of both nostrils. Minor abrasions to body and handle, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout.
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Adorable Inca Pottery Stirrup Bottle in Feline Form

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