Village Ceramic Bird-shaped bottle - 16.5 cm
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Selected by Ruth Garrido Vila
Directed the Ifergan Collection Museum, specialising in Phoenician and Mediterranean archaeology.
Estimate € 650 - € 800
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Description from the seller
Bridge-handled bottle featuring a duck, the beak closed and the eyes modeled in relief. The handle links the back of the neck to the conical neck.
Orange terracotta and coffee-red, traces of negative painting on the neck.
Culture Vicús, Peru, north coast, 100 BCE – 400 CE
Expert: Serge Reynes
Provenance:
- Auction SAS Faure et Associés, 2005
- Collection of the Saint-Cyprien Museum
- Auction, France, 2018
Similar works:
Museo Larco, Lima, inventory ML017599 / ML017648
Museo delle Culture, Milan, inventory PAM00435
Bridge-handled bottle featuring a duck, the beak closed and the eyes modeled in relief. The handle links the back of the neck to the conical neck.
Orange terracotta and coffee-red, traces of negative painting on the neck.
Culture Vicús, Peru, north coast, 100 BCE – 400 CE
Expert: Serge Reynes
Provenance:
- Auction SAS Faure et Associés, 2005
- Collection of the Saint-Cyprien Museum
- Auction, France, 2018
Similar works:
Museo Larco, Lima, inventory ML017599 / ML017648
Museo delle Culture, Milan, inventory PAM00435
Details
Culture
Village
Century/timeframe
300 av.JC - 100 apr.JC
Name of object
Bird-shaped bottle
Acquired from
Auction house
Material
Ceramic
Condition
Good
Height
16.5 cm
Width
20 cm
Depth
22 cm
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