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A Bottle with Depictions of the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, Late Nasca, Peru, 300-600 CE

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A double spout and bridge bottle ornamented with two highly stylized and similar depictions the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being. his forehead ornament and mouth feline mask with whiskers are ornamented with scrolls and lancets. The lower part of the vessel is decorated with series of fifteen simplified trophy heads.

Height: 21 cm

Catalogue: 43 (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.