Nazca Polychrome Vessels w/ AMB Deity
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Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. Two hand-built pottery vessels with a abstract depictions of the fierce "Anthropomorphic Mythical Being," a supernatural entity that can be interpreted as underworld deities or demons. Size of larger: 6" Diameter x 4.5" H (15.2 cm x 11.4 cm)
Provenance: private Ojai, California, USA collection, by inheritance, collected before 2000
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#179637
Provenance: private Ojai, California, USA collection, by inheritance, collected before 2000
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.
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#179637
Condition
Both are repaired. Smaller is repaired from many pieces with adhesive and clear tape on interior. Losses and gaps as shown, visible break lines. Larger vessel has 2 large rim pieces reattached with visible break lines and losses to rim. Nice preservation of pigments on both.
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Nazca Polychrome Vessels w/ AMB Deity
Estimate $400 - $600
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