WHISTLE VESSEL - SALINAR CULTURE, PERU, C. 200 BC
WHISTLE VESSEL - SALINAR CULTURE, PERU, C. 200 BC
Painted fired clay
Salinar culture, Peru, c. 200 BC
Featuring a bridge spout, one spout is open and the other is a blind spout depicting a human face, the whistling device is located at the back of the head. The Spherical red-brown body with incised abstract decoration.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 18 CM
Condition: Optical appearance good, restorations to exposed areas and few small chips
Provenance: Formerly part of the Lüders Collection (Germany), acquired around 1970, then property of Galeria Peruana in 1991