**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, Peru (south coast), probably Middle Nazca, Phase 5, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A fantastically painted, round ceramic vessel, depicting the "Horrible Bird" in the manifestation of a bird with a downturned body. The Nazca liked to paint, over and over again, stylized figures of the AMB, a sacred theme perhaps drawn from the earlier Paracas culture or the earliest days of the Nazca. This example has a masked face, streaming trophy heads rising from its headdress, and a human body turned to one side with bird-like legs and tail. Humans with bird-like qualities are common Nazca motifs, each figure imbued with the power of raptors, who were seen as manifestations of mountain gods and rulers of the skies. Size: 4.95" W x 3.95" H (12.6 cm x 10 cm)

Provenance: private New York, USA collection

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Repaired from multiple pieces. Overpainting on interior but not on exterior over repaired areas, with a few small losses along the repaired lines.