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Nazca Art : Nazca Fertility Deity Vessel
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Nazca Fertility Deity Vessel - PF.1213
Origin: Southern Coast of Peru
Circa: 1
AD
to 300
AD
Dimensions:
8.5" (21.6cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
$6,000.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Much of Nazca art reflects that culture's
preoccupation with agricultural fertility and
abundance. This striking vessel, as vivid in color
and as bold in line as a Picasso painting,
apparently represents a farming deity. In one
hand he holds a spade; in the other a spike for
planting seeds and a pepino, a variety of
cucumber. The wide, toothy smile seems to
assure us of the god's benevolence. Such a figure
is linked in spirit to the vegetation deities of
other cultures: the Egyptian Osiris, the Greek
Demeter, the Roman Priapus, and a thousand
other gods around the world. His magic is
ancient, powerful, timeless as earth itself.
- (PF.1213)
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