Sican Lambayeque Figural Vessel w/ Naylamp
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A striking hand-built blackware pottery vessel on a corseted foot bearing a register of impressed stepped and triangular motifs. The globular body boasts a pair of applied, stylized figures laying on the shoulder, and a wide strap handle arches along the verso with a man's head in a tumi shaped headdress. The conical spout displays the head of Naylamp (also Nylamp, Nanlap, or Naymlap), the legendary hero founder of the Lambayeque and god of the underworld. Nylamp forms the spout base and is shown with large earspools that dangle to this chest, spiked headdress brim, and very stern facial features and scarification or tattoos incised into his cheeks. Size: 5.2" L x 4.8" W x 6.375" H (13.2 cm x 12.2 cm x 16.2 cm)
Provenance: private Ferndale, Michigan, USA collection; ex-private Detroit, Michigan, USA collection, acquired prior to 2004
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#182568
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A striking hand-built blackware pottery vessel on a corseted foot bearing a register of impressed stepped and triangular motifs. The globular body boasts a pair of applied, stylized figures laying on the shoulder, and a wide strap handle arches along the verso with a man's head in a tumi shaped headdress. The conical spout displays the head of Naylamp (also Nylamp, Nanlap, or Naymlap), the legendary hero founder of the Lambayeque and god of the underworld. Nylamp forms the spout base and is shown with large earspools that dangle to this chest, spiked headdress brim, and very stern facial features and scarification or tattoos incised into his cheeks. Size: 5.2" L x 4.8" W x 6.375" H (13.2 cm x 12.2 cm x 16.2 cm)
Provenance: private Ferndale, Michigan, USA collection; ex-private Detroit, Michigan, USA collection, acquired prior to 2004
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.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#182568
Condition
Loss to top of spout and center of body inside of foot. Areas of fire-darkening and abrasions across exterior, with minor softening to some finer details, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to overall form.
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Sican Lambayeque Figural Vessel w/ Naylamp
Estimate $400 - $600
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Auction Curated By
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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