decorative
Lot 51106:
The jar with a globular body, flattened bottom and four handles. Just below the neck, in the upper part of the body, a schematic feline head in relief has been applied. A typical Inca earthen pot, this is probably a utilitarian vessel, without painted decoration used for storage and cooking.
Height: 19.9 cm
Catalogue: 122 (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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