Description:

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A fabulous pair of hand-built terracotta bowls from the storied Nazca culture of Southern Peru. First is a deep, thin-rimmed bowl with a decorative register of colorful long-necked hummingbirds with large feathers and abstract feet atop a white-painted ground. The interior and base of the bowl display a deep russet-hued coloration, with two miniscule perforations along the rim. Second is a globular olla with a rounded base and an upturned rim, notably decorated with a large anthropomorphic deity with a cat-like head and a serpentine body, and is surrounded by two rows of severed trophy heads; the neck has two perforated suspension holes, one on either side. Both lovely and skillfully-embellished, this is a wonderful pair of vibrant terracotta vessels! Size of largest (bowl): 6.375" in diameter (16.2 cm).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Beverly Hills, California, USA collection

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#129746

  • Condition: Bowl repaired from multiple pieces with small chips and adhesive residue along break lines. Both items have age-commensurate surface wear, small chips to rims and bases, with small areas of roughness. Light fading and discoloration to pigmentation, with light earthen deposits and nice mineral deposits throughout.

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