The Yossef Maiman Collection - Important Pre-Columbian Pottery and Textile Hammeriste and In Cooperation with David Ben Ami Andres Auctions (Antiquities license number 299)

A Bottle with Depictions of the Anthropomorphic Mythical Being, Middle Nasca, Peru, 200-300 CE

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,500

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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

For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 42, p. 73 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/offerings_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)

Provenance: 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, Offerings for the Afterlife – Peruvian Pottery from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 73

Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]