Pre-Columbian Tiahuanaco culture - seated dog - Peru - Pottery Vessel

Pre-Columbian Tiahuanaco culture - Peru

Polychrome decorated pottery vessel depicting a seated dog having an overall painted geometric body decoration.
Spout and handle reattached, probe hole in the rear left side of his neck.
Some scattered minor paint loss.

Time period: 500 - 800 AD

Dimensions: 15 cm long - 13 cm high

Provenance: private US collection, acquired prior to 1969 from Alan C. Lapiner,
With appraisal from: Arts of the Four Quarters, Ltd. 111 West 13th Street, NYC, (Alan C. Lapiner owner)
Dated September 30th, 1969. See picture of the invoice.
Alan C. Lapiner was a famous American historian and publisher of books on Pre-Columbian Art.

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