Originally offered at $600...

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery bottle with a lightly rounded but stable base, an apple-shaped body, a rounded shoulder, and a tapered spout with a flared rim. The upper half of the body is adorned with 2 rows of incised flower petals with stippled interior surfaces, and the vessel's highly burnished surfaces are covered in light brown pigment. Size: 5.65" Diameter x 8.1" H (14.4 cm x 20.6 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, 1995 to 2010; ex-private Hans Jurgen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to 1960s

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#171700

Light abrasions and softening to some finer details, with minor fading to brown surface pigment, and light encrustations within some recessed areas, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to overall form. Old inventory label beneath base.