Description:

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A hand-built Maranon style pottery vessel with a sizable body in the form of a conch shell. The shell rests on a planar base, the ovoid body is rounded on one side with an overhanging lip to the other, and the spiraling apex incised and painted a sienna brown upon the creamy white surface. To the front and side are glyphs, a diamond shape, and an abstract rendering of what could be a face of the fanged and enigmatic deity known as the Staff God. A large and symbolic example of Chavin pottery! Size: 9" L x 6.5" W x 10.5" H (22.9 cm x 16.5 cm x 26.7 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA, before 2010; ex-Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, acquired 1950s to 1960s

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#173811

  • Condition: Professionally repaired and restored and break lines are invisible. Some fading to pigments, but overall excellent preservation to motifs and pigments.

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