Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru (south coast), probably Middle Nazca, Phase 5, ca. 450 to 550 CE. An identical pair of brilliantly painted, ceramic keros (queros/qeros). Each is tall and beaker-like, with a rounded base and a flared mouth. The base is divided into four large painted sections, two black and two blue grey; above that is a wide register featuring the San Pedro cactus, used by the Nazca to make hallucinogenic drugs. Above the cacti, forming the flared mouth of each, is a register of repeated pyramid steps. Size of one (they are identical): 4.35" W x 7.3" H (11 cm x 18.5 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950-1960s

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#150493

  • Condition: Both have been expertly repaired and restored from multiple pieces, with small areas of overpainting along the repair lines. Light wear on surface including some abrasion of the pigment. Nice preservation of motifs.

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