Nazca Polychrome Pottery Kero w/ Insect
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Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A hand-built pottery cup depicting an elaborate and abstract insect on each half. The round-bottomed vessel sits relatively stable on its own and features broad walls and a thin rim. The white-ground exterior surface is decorated with perhaps a wasp or mosquito with intriguing, human-like limbs and a lengthy needle-form stinger. Size: 5" L x 5.1" W x 4" H (12.7 cm x 13 cm x 10.2 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Schuetz collection, Florida, USA; ex-Pook & Pook Auctions; ex-Wilmar Sick family estate, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, acquired prior to 2000
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#183982
Provenance: ex-private Schuetz collection, Florida, USA; ex-Pook & Pook Auctions; ex-Wilmar Sick family estate, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, acquired prior to 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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#183982
Condition
Repaired with restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light fading to original pigment, otherwise in nice condition.
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Nazca Polychrome Pottery Kero w/ Insect
Estimate $900 - $1,350
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PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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