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Nazca Polychrome Pottery Jar - Bird's Eyes
Nazca Polychrome Pottery Jar - Bird's Eyes
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Description
Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 400 to 500 CE. A polychrome beaker hand-built from a rounded bottom, resolving in gracefully curved walls. The surface decoration is divided into horizontal bands from the base to the rim. The lowest band is undecorated but painted a rich red-brown. Above it is a band of abstract bird or animal eye motifs in chocolate brown against a white ground. Next, we have a band of step-fret motifs in beige, red-brown, brick red, charcoal grey, and white surrounded by bands of solid red. Finally, another band of animorphic eyes in chocolate brown on white topped with a narrow band of light tan.

Provenance: Ex-Private Young collection, Colorado Springs, CO; Ex-Arte Xibalba, Sarasota, FL, from the collection of Max Alvarado, collected in the 1970s

Size: 4.75" W x 6.5" H (12.1 cm x 16.5 cm)

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#111776
Condition
Intact with one area of staining on side wall.
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Nazca Polychrome Pottery Jar - Bird's Eyes

Estimate $500 - $700
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Starting Price $250
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