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Chavin Blackware Stirrup Vessel - K.052
Origin: Northern Coast of Peru
Circa: 1000
BC
to 500
BC
Dimensions:
9" (22.9cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
$2,500.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Utterly simple, this black ware vessel makes a
timeless appeal to the senses. Unusual for its
total lack of adornment, this superb vase conveys
its artistic power through shape alone. Imitating
the natural gourd forms which were the original
Peruvian vessels, it was intended to hold liquid
as a burial offering. Shaped without benefit of a
potter's wheel, burnished by hand to a high
luster, it connects us directly to the vanished
lives that first created it, held it and admired it
centuries ago.
- (K.052)
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