A cup crafted using the repoussé technique and decorated with an anthropomorphic...
A cup crafted using the repoussé technique and decorated with an anthropomorphic head.
Silver.
Peru, North Coast. Chimu civilization. 1100–1400 A.D.
Height: 8.9 cm.
Provenance:
Hôtel Drouot, Room 11, October 24, 1975, Lot No. 50.
Private collection, Brussels (illustrated in a 1986 insurance inventory)
Passed down through the family
A cup crafted using the repoussé technique and decorated with an anthropomorphic head.
Silver.
Peru, North Coast. Chimu civilization. 1100–1400 A.D.
Height: 8.9 cm.
Provenance:
Hôtel Drouot, Room 11, October 24, 1975, Lot No. 50.
Private collection, Brussels (illustrated in a 1986 insurance inventory)
Passed down through the family
