decorative
Lot 51023:
A double spout and strap bottle decorated with two identical depictions of the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being with chilly pepper plants emerging from their mounts. Each individual holds a forehead ornament in his right hand and has a signifier that contains fishes, is adorned with stylized representations of birds and ends in the form of a head with feline mouth mask, paws and protruding tongue. A dead human figure is placed under the right arm of each Being.
Height: 15.2 cm
Catalogue: 42 (for more details, refer to this number in the literature here: https://shorturl.at/bCKRV)
Provenance: Private collection, Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife – Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006.
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