Vase with stirrup handle depicting a feline's head, its mouth open and showing its fangs on both sides. Beautiful engravings are found on both upper sides of the vase. They represent a hybrid animal combining the features of a condor with those of a jaguar, whose eye-spots are scattered across the body of the vase, Fired clay with brown-black slip, with traces of cinnabar and kaolin. Nice burial patina Tembladera culture, Peru 900 - 500 B.C. H. 26.5 - W. 18 - D. 11 cm Provenance : - Former European collection established before the 1970s. - Castor Hara, sale at Hôtel Drouot, June 16, 2014, lot 14.
Estimate
€500 - €700
Result
€593
Buyer's premium
30%
Vase with stirrup handle depicting a feline's head, its mouth open and showing its fangs on both sides.
Beautiful engravings are found on both upper sides of the vase. They represent a hybrid animal combining the features of a condor with those of a jaguar, whose eye-spots are scattered across the body of the vase,
Fired clay with brown-black slip, with traces of cinnabar and kaolin. Nice burial patina
Tembladera culture, Peru
900 - 500 B.C.
H. 26.5 - W. 18 - D. 11 cm
Provenance :
- Former European collection established before the 1970s.
- Castor Hara, sale at Hôtel Drouot, June 16, 2014, lot 14.
Sale
Tuesday 23 June・13:30 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris