Lot n° 55
Estimation :
900 - 1200
EUR
Zoomorphic vase with toad design. - Lot 55
Zoomorphic vase with toad design.
Light brown ceramic.
Height: 21.5 cm - Length: 17 cm.
Mochica IV culture, ca. 500-600 A.D.
Peru.
Broken and glued, holes and missing parts, notably on the handle.
Vase representing a stylized toad, an animal symbolically associated with fertility and water cycles in the Mochica culture.
Acquired at the Hôtel Drouot sale of 04/07/1978, lot n°155 (non-catalog), expert M. Roudillon.
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