Inca Silver Kero - Human Face, Ex-eugene Lyons - Aug 03, 2016 | Artemis Gallery In Co
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Inca Silver Kero - Human Face, ex-Eugene Lyons

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Inca Silver Kero - Human Face, ex-Eugene Lyons
Inca Silver Kero - Human Face, ex-Eugene Lyons
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Description
Pre-Columbian, highlands of Peru, ca. 1400 to 1500 CE. Royal Inca Silver Beaker. Made of pure silver and formed by hammering the sheet metal over a wooden core. Used by royalty for drinking chichi, this would have been part of a king or noble’s set of household utensils. Silver, though valued less then gold in todays societies, was highly prized and valued nearly a highly as gold in the ancient Andean empires. Size: 3" W x 5" H (7.6 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: Ex-private Eugene Lyons collection, Geneva

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Condition
Repaired as was slightly crushed but almost all there.
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Inca Silver Kero - Human Face, ex-Eugene Lyons

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