19th C. Shipibo Polychrome Bowl w/ Linear Motifs
South America, Upper/Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Peru, Shipibo peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely hand-built pottery bowl of a squat form exhibiting a planar base, a gradually widening lower body beneath a carinated midsection, a tapered shoulder, and a thin rim surrounding the basin. Covered in cream-hued pigment, the vessel bears a dense series of brown and red linear motifs with some thicker lines traversing amongst the slenderer lines, all at geometric angles; the thicker bands are capped with red-painted rectangles. Size: 8.75" Diameter x 4.25" H (22.2 cm x 10.8 cm)
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Doctor's collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1960s
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.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#169044
Condition Report: Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, body, and base, with light fading to pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to pigment across exterior surfaces. Old inventory label beneath base.
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South America, Upper/Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Peru, Shipibo peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely hand-built pottery bowl of a squat form exhibiting a planar base, a gradually widening lower body beneath a carinated midsection, a tapered shoulder, and a thin rim surrounding the basin. Covered in cream-hued pigment, the vessel bears a dense series of brown and red linear motifs with some thicker lines traversing amongst the slenderer lines, all at geometric angles; the thicker bands are capped with red-painted rectangles. Size: 8.75" Diameter x 4.25" H (22.2 cm x 10.8 cm)
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Doctor's collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1960s
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.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#169044
Condition Report: Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, body, and base, with light fading to pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to pigment across exterior surfaces. Old inventory label beneath base.
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