Description:

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A pair of pottery vessels, each with polychrome decoration. The flared kero-form cup presents vertical striations of red, white, and black over a divided lower body, while the shallow bowl rests on a ring base and is adorned with a register of stylized avian figures in profile. Size of bowl: 7.5" Diameter x 3" H (19 cm x 7.6 cm); kero: 3.75" W x 5.25" H (9.5 cm x 13.3 cm)

The kero has been analyzed using Thermoluminescence Testing (TL) and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed report from Laboratory Kotalla will accompany the item upon purchase.

Provenance: private Colorado collection, USA; bowl: ex-private Newark, New Jersey, USA collection; ex-Origine Auction, December 14, 2016

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#196973

  • Condition: Kero cup has a TL test hole on the base and TL test hole on the interior of rim. Chips and losses to the rim and interior. Chips and small gouges to the exterior of the neck and globular body. Bowl is intact and excellent.

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