81^C. Funerary vase, Marajoara culture, approx. 400 - 1350 A.D.

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81^C. Funerary vase, Marajoara culture, approx. 400 - 1350 A.D.

Starting price:

EUR 4.000

Sold post auction

EUR 5.000

References

W.C. Farabee; Explorations at the mouth of the Amazon,; Museum Journal 12; 142-161; p. 143; plate V

35.5 x 30 cm

PROVENANCE

Josef Mueller Collection, Solothurn, before 1952 Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva, Inv. no 534-6 Sotheby's Auction, France, 22.03.2013, lot 313

Urn-vase with a globular basin, high cylindrical neck, flaring lip, flat bottom. The vessel is made of fine brown-orange ceramic, coated with white slip and decorated with anthropomorphic elements in relief (nose, mouth, eyes, etc.) and polychrome geometric motifs (brown and red).

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