TL TESTED HEAD SHAPE STIRRUP VESSEL – VICUS CULTURE, PERU, C. 3RD CENTURY BC
TL TESTED HEAD SHAPE STIRRUP VESSEL – VICUS CULTURE, PERU, C. 3RD CENTURY BC
Painted fired clay
Vicus culture, Peru, c. 3rd century BC
TL-test certificate no. 15791126, dated November 1979, by the Kotalla laboratory in Germany included.
With broad symmetrical stirrup and short spout. The body like a face with engraved eyes and mouth, pointed nose and prominent ears. Marks of old dark painting.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 23 CM, WIDTH 16 CM
Condition: Small chips to lip and ear, large chip to lip, minor restorations to exposed areas
Provenance: Formerly in a German private collection, 1970, then property of Lüders, Stuttgart