Description:

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A fine example of a hand-built pottery kero (ceremonial drinking cup) with a round but stable base, a slender body with four gently flattened walls, and a thin, flared rim surrounding the deep basin. The exterior is divided into a cream-slipped upper body and a tan-slipped lower body with a thin brown stripe delineating the halves. The tan lower body is embellished with abstract cacti bearing protruding red-and-white bulbs or flowers, and the white upper body is painted with a pair of mythical two-headed deities of a characteristically abstract form. Size: 3.5" W x 4.3" H (8.9 cm x 10.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery auction, New York, New York, USA (May 20, 2019, lot 222); ex-private California, USA collection, acquired from Robert Morris Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; ex-Jean-Eugene Lions collection, Geneva, Switzerland

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#152608

  • Condition: Professional repairs and restoration to rim and upper body, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to base, body, and rim, with light fading to original pigmentation, and touch-up painting in some areas. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigment throughout.

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