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Nazca Polychrome Vessel - Mythical Being & Trophy Heads

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Nazca Polychrome Vessel - Mythical Being & Trophy Heads

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Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel featuring the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being (or AMB) decorated with polychrome pigments. The creature holds a trophy head by the hair in front of its mouth as it sticks its tongue into the mouth, perhaps to extract any remnants of its original life force. Additional trophy heads adorn the wing tips, tail feathers, and rump cover, all beneath a pair of conical spouts and a bridge handle. Size: 6.6" Diameter x 9" H (16.8 cm x 22.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Marc Amiguet Schmitt estate, Amiguet's Ancient Art, Evansville, Indiana, USA, acquired prior to January 1, 2010

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Condition

Chipping and fading to pigment in scattered areas, with small nicks and abrasions commensurate with age, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to decorations.

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Nazca Polychrome Vessel - Mythical Being & Trophy Heads

Name: Nazca Polychrome Vessel - Mythical Being & Trophy Heads
SKU: 137880537
Price: 1700 USD
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