Pre-Columbian. Chimu Ceramic Duck Vessel With Spanish Import License. Published.
A very rare Paccha Vessel with the shape of a duck. Finely furnished black figurine of a duck with two openings. It might have served as a ritual paccha vessel used during ceremonies celebrating land and animal fertility. Incised details on tail, wings and eyes. Chimu, Peru, 900-1470 CE
Dimensions: 16. 5 cm
Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife - Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006. , p. 125.
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A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this lot. The piece will include spanish export license for the European Union. If the piece goes outside the European Union a new export license will be requested. This process can take between 2 and 4 weeks.
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A very rare Paccha Vessel with the shape of a duck. Finely furnished black figurine of a duck with two openings. It might have served as a ritual paccha vessel used during ceremonies celebrating land and animal fertility. Incised details on tail, wings and eyes. Chimu, Peru, 900-1470 CE
Dimensions: 16. 5 cm
Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife - Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006. , p. 125.
Notes:
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this lot. The piece will include spanish export license for the European Union. If the piece goes outside the European Union a new export license will be requested. This process can take between 2 and 4 weeks.
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