The Yossef Maiman Collection - Important Pre-Columbian Pottery and Textile Hammeriste and In Cooperation with David Ben Ami Andres Auctions (Antiquities license number 299)
Lot 51575:
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
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 43, p. 74 ( 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. 74
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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