A spherical vase topped with a priest preparing a potion...
A spherical vase topped with a priest preparing a potion with a pestle in a mortar; the same scene is depicted in a painting on the sphere of the vase. A stirrup-shaped handle extends from the sphere and connects to the back of the figure.
Two-tone beige and red lustrous ceramic.
Height: 21.5 cm.
Peru. Northern Coast. Mochica civilization,
300–600 AD.
(Broken, glued, and restored)
Provenance:
Hôtel Drouot, June 1976, lot no. 13.
Private collection, Brussels (illustrated in the 1986 insurance inventory)
Passed down through the family
A spherical vase topped with a priest preparing a potion with a pestle in a mortar; the same scene is depicted in a painting on the sphere of the vase. A stirrup-shaped handle extends from the sphere and connects to the back of the figure.
Two-tone beige and red lustrous ceramic.
Height: 21.5 cm.
Peru. Northern Coast. Mochica civilization,
300–600 AD.
(Broken, glued, and restored)
Provenance:
Hôtel Drouot, June 1976, lot no. 13.
Private collection, Brussels (illustrated in the 1986 insurance inventory)
Passed down through the family
