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 51951:
Ritual vessel used for pouring liquids during ceremonies related to growth and fertility. Pacchas were associated with the cult of pachamama (Mother Earth) and the apus (mountain tops covered with snow).
Height: 32.5 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 119, p. 145 ( 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 Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 145
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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