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Lot 180 - Auction 43

Polychrome trophy-head bowlPerù, Nazca Culture, 500 BC

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Polychrome trophy-head bowl
Perù, Nazca Culture, 500 BC
height cm 9,5 (3,7”)
Painted with a semi-abstract human head connected with the ritual purpose, used as a burial offering or as a pure decoration element. The iconography refers to the ancient Nazca practice of taking trophy-heads following battles.

PROVENANCE
From the Marino Taini collection, Milan.

With TL Analysis executed by Arcadia, Milan, 20th May 1992.

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