Pre-Columbian Nazca Feline Stirrup-Spout Vessel
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3rd-6th century A.D. A roughly spherical polychrome ceramic stirrup bottle, featuring two tapering cylindrical necks joined by a handle and decorated with two felines with four legs with exaggerated whiskers and eyebrows. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 67.167.42 and 64.228.68, for similar; Sotheby’s New York, Pre-Columbian Art, November 1997, lot 6, for an almost identical example. 522 grams, 19.5 cm high (7 5/8 in.). Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
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Pre-Columbian Nazca Feline Stirrup-Spout Vessel
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