Tiahuanaco Wood Kero with Lizard
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**Originally Listed At $800**
Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco/Tiwanaku, ca. 400 to 1100 CE. A handsome wooden kero (also qiru, quero, qero), an Andean drinking vessel made to consume a fermented corn/maize drink called chicha. The vessel is conical, flaring out at the mouth, with two raised bands at top and bottom. In higher relief on the side is an endearing lizard, with its head projecting upward from the rim, as if looking at the drinker or the contents within the kero. Quite a special piece! Size: 5.75" W (from end of lizard to opposite side of kero) x 7.25" H (14.6 cm x 18.4 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany
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#145326
Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco/Tiwanaku, ca. 400 to 1100 CE. A handsome wooden kero (also qiru, quero, qero), an Andean drinking vessel made to consume a fermented corn/maize drink called chicha. The vessel is conical, flaring out at the mouth, with two raised bands at top and bottom. In higher relief on the side is an endearing lizard, with its head projecting upward from the rim, as if looking at the drinker or the contents within the kero. Quite a special piece! Size: 5.75" W (from end of lizard to opposite side of kero) x 7.25" H (14.6 cm x 18.4 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#145326
Condition
Weathered crack on lower end of one side to base. Minute nicks to edge of base. Nice preservation of form with light deposits. Wood has developed a beautiful lustrous patina. Collection labels on base.
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Tiahuanaco Wood Kero with Lizard
Estimate $1,100 - $1,650
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