Chavin Ceremonial Incised Stone Dish
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**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A beautiful fragment of a ceremonial dish, its surface incised and drilled with a highly abstract motif of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures - what looks like a bird with its wings spread is on one side. The stone is a gorgeous deep green/black color, with brilliant red cinnabar coloring one side of it. Size: 7.25" W x 3.9" H (18.4 cm x 9.9 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex H. J. Westermann collection, Germany
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#132550
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A beautiful fragment of a ceremonial dish, its surface incised and drilled with a highly abstract motif of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures - what looks like a bird with its wings spread is on one side. The stone is a gorgeous deep green/black color, with brilliant red cinnabar coloring one side of it. Size: 7.25" W x 3.9" H (18.4 cm x 9.9 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex H. J. Westermann collection, Germany
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.
#132550
Condition
Piece is a fragment as shown with surface scratching and some light encrustation. The piece was drilled to be used as a pendant.
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Chavin Ceremonial Incised Stone Dish
Estimate $800 - $1,200
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