BLACK STIRRUP VESSEL WITH 2 SNAKES – CHIMU CULTURE, PERU, C. 12TH CENTURY
BLACK STIRRUP VESSEL WITH 2 SNAKES – CHIMU CULTURE, PERU, C. 12TH CENTURY
Black fired clay
Chimu culture, Peru, c. 12th century
TL-test certificate no. 29003, dated December 1990, by the Kotalla laboratory in Germany included.
With symmetrical stirrup and spout. The body with 2 snakes winding up around the vessel′s body.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 24 CM, WIDTH 12 CM, BASE DIAMETER 9 CM
Condition: Optical appearance very good, restored
Provenance: From a German Private collection, 1970, then property of Galeria Peruana in 1990