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 51954:
The jar with a globular body, flattened bottom and four handles. Just below the neck, in the upper part of the body, a schematic feline head in relief has been applied. A typical Inca earthen pot, this is probably a utilitarian vessel, without painted decoration used for storage and cooking.
Height: 19.9 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 122, p. 149 ( 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. 149
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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