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 51669:
The motif is a simplified version of the double step-volute. The beaker is decorated with painted bands of double steps-volutes and small circles. Queros like this one were used in the Andes since Middle Horizon times as ritual drinking vessels.
Height: 14.8 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 75, p.104-105 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/offerings_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)
Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland.
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. 104-105
Notes: The Kepmer collection was created between 1940’s and 1980’s. Items that were not donated to the "The Museum of Islamic Art" were sold at Christie’s Amsterdam, 11th April, 1995.
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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