decorative
Lot 51055:
Lavishly decorated spout-and-handled effigy jar with a ritual scene in which three humans are depicted: a man in a spectacular headdress and large earspools and two female attendants of lower rank. This type of vessel, with sculptural representations and a sophisticated outlet for pouring the liquid, is known by the Quecha word "Paccha".
Height: 21.2 cm
Catalogue: 72 (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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