Vase with frieze of stylized bird heads. - Lot 52

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Vase with frieze of stylized bird heads. - Lot 52
Vase with frieze of stylized bird heads. Lenticular ceramic with stirrup handle, painted red-brown on cream slip. Height: 21.5 cm - Diameter: 15.6 cm. Mochica III culture, ca. 300-500 A.D. Reglued handle. Lenticular vase decorated with a frieze of stylized bird heads painted in red-brown on a cream slip. The stirrup-shaped handle, characteristic of Mochica ceramics, gives the object a ritual or funerary function. Acquired at the Hôtel Drouot sale of 05/05/1977, lot n°15, expert M. C. Ratton.
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