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 51673:
The shape of these bottles was probably inspired by the shape of the gourds. They have small handles below the spouts and were probably used lime containers. Their colorful painted decorations represent stylized mythical heads and various geometric motifs.
Height: 13.3 cm; 16.8 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 79, p. 108 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/offerings_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)
Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland.
Donated to "The Museum of Islamic Art", Jerusalem, during 1970’s.
Purchased by Yossef Maiman 1991.
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. 108
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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