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A Stirrup-Spout Bottle with a Sitting Fox, Cupisnique, Peru, 1200-200 BCE
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A Stirrup-Spout Bottle with a Sitting Fox, Cupisnique, Peru, 1200-200 BCE
The vessel depicts a fox, a prominent figure in Pre-Columbian mythology indicating wisdom, intelligence and cunningness.
Height: 23.6 cm
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 6, p. 33 ( 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 Pottery from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 33
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at info@hammersite.com
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A Stirrup-Spout Bottle with a Sitting Fox, Cupisnique, Peru, 1200-200 BCE
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