Vicus 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
Handle bottle featuring a duck-shaped bridge handle, with the beak closed and the eyes modeled in relief. The handle connects the back of the neck to the conical neck.
Orange terracotta and coffee red, negative paint traces on the neck.
Vicús Culture, Peru, northern coast, 100 BC - 400 AD
Expert: Serge Reynes
Provenance
Auction sale SAS Faure et Associés, 2005
Collection of the Saint-Cyprien Museum
Auction, France, 2018
Similar works
Larco Museum, Lima, inventory ML017599 / ML017648
Museum of Cultures, Milan, PAM00435 inventory
Handle bottle featuring a duck-shaped bridge handle, with the beak closed and the eyes modeled in relief. The handle connects the back of the neck to the conical neck.
Orange terracotta and coffee red, negative paint traces on the neck.
Vicús Culture, Peru, northern coast, 100 BC - 400 AD
Expert: Serge Reynes
Provenance
Auction sale SAS Faure et Associés, 2005
Collection of the Saint-Cyprien Museum
Auction, France, 2018
Similar works
Larco Museum, Lima, inventory ML017599 / ML017648
Museum of Cultures, Milan, PAM00435 inventory
Details
Culture
Vicus
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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