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Nazca Pottery Jar w/ Abstract Figures - TL Tested

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Nazca Pottery Jar w/ Abstract Figures - TL Tested

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Description

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A lovely olla displaying a bulbous body with a rounded base, a sloped shoulder, and a narrow mouth, skillfully hand-painted in hues of burnt orange, maroon, bluish gray, cream, and black. A band of repeated abstract beings flow around the upper body, below the unpronounced rim. This style of painting corresponds to later Nazca periods, when supernatural figures became the center of the artists' attention and their more fantastical elements - here 4 figures with enormous zoomorphic masks, snail-like tails, and long, dagger-like tongues - are exaggerated. The black outlines filled with bright, warm colors are classically Nazca. Size: 5.9" Diameter x 4.2" H (15 cm x 10.7 cm)

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report is available to the buyer upon request.

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, September 5th, 2019, Ancient / Ethnographic From Around the World auction, lot 106a; ex-private Sobredo collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, acquired in the 1970s

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#170646

Condition

Expertly repaired and restored; this is unobtrusive and there is limited overpaint along the repair lines. Motifs are very clear and bright. TL holes to base and exterior wall.

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Nazca Pottery Jar w/ Abstract Figures - TL Tested

Name: Nazca Pottery Jar w/ Abstract Figures - TL Tested
SKU: 130212011
Price: 350 USD
Availability: InStock

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