TL-TESTED YUCCA DEITY VESSEL - CHIMU OR MOCHE CULTURE, PERU, C. 13TH CENTURY
TL-TESTED YUCCA DEITY VESSEL - CHIMU OR MOCHE CULTURE, PERU, C. 13TH CENTURY
Black fired clay
Chimu or Moche culture, Peru, c. 13th century
TL-test certificate no. 2801091111, dated September 2011, by the Kotalla laboratory in Germany included
This unusual vessel shows a wrathful deity emerging from a Yucca root.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 17 CM, LENGTH 26 CM
Condition: Optical appearance very good, restorations to exposed areas
Provenance: Once part of the collection of Dr. Gottfried Eysank of Marienfels, Bad Sch?nau, Lower Austria, acquired before 1970, then property of Galerie Alt-America in 2011