decorative
Lot 51054:
The modeled figure represents a kneeling priest wearing an elaborate headdress, a very large semi-lunar nose ornament, trapezoid earrings and bracelets, and holding a bag on his knees. The chamber of the vessel is decorated with the presentation of a house, a resting llama tied to a pole, and four ritual vessels. All types of pottery vessels presented on this ware probably contained or were used to serve chicha.
Height: 23 cm
Catalogue: 71 (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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