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Nazca Polychrome Bowl - Smiling Heads, Ancient Repairs

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Nazca Polychrome Bowl - Smiling Heads, Ancient Repairs

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Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 300 to 500 CE. Interesting pottery bowl! Interesting pottery bowl! Rounded form with slightly everted rim, painted on lower register with series of smiling human heads - these are probably not trophy heads as they are smiling and their mouths' have not been sewn shut. Upper register is a mythical creature with eyes to the very sides of its body. The bowl was broken in antiquity and repaired. Size: 5.75" W x 3.25" H (14.6 cm x 8.3 cm)

Provenance: Ex- The estate of Paul and Louise Bernheimer, Cambridge, MA and Laguna Woods, CA - acquired before 1980

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Repaired in antiquity using drilled holes and leather straps

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Nazca Polychrome Bowl - Smiling Heads, Ancient Repairs

Name: Nazca Polychrome Bowl - Smiling Heads, Ancient Repairs
SKU: 43297916
Price: 250 USD
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