Nazca Polychrome Bowl w/ Abstract Faces & Linear Motifs

**Originally Listed At $450**

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery bowl with a round but stable base, gradually expanding walls, and a thick rim surrounding the orange-slipped basin. The exterior walls bear a top register of inversely corresponding spirals and steps, a repeating register of minimalist faces in the middle, and a thick white band zigzagging through orange and red bars, all above a solid brown base. Size: 6.875" W x 4.25" H (17.5 cm x 10.8 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, acquired in the 1950s to 1960s

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#150785
Condition Report: Professionally repaired from multiple pieces, with restoration to some areas of rim and walls, and resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to base, walls, and rim, with fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits within basin. Old inventory label beneath base.