Null HANDLED EMBOSSED SHEET GOLD VESSEL
Peru, 20th c.

L. 19,5 / H. 19 cm / 286 …
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HANDLED EMBOSSED SHEET GOLD VESSEL Peru, 20th c. L. 19,5 / H. 19 cm / 286 g Of flattened spherical body with a bent shoulder on a retracted openwork stand, shaped as a pointed cone with vertical spout and slightly bent handle extending to a fully sculpted priest figure sitting on the opposite edge, the figure with head, ear, and breast ornaments with inset turquoise holding up a handled vessel, with two additional seated figures on the lateral edges. A meandering shoulder frieze, the lateral segments each with two depictions of birds in relief over a diamond pattern. From an important South German private collection, assembled between 1958 and 1968, publ. at Nagel, sale 337, 19/20 April 1991, lot 789 - Slightly dented, minor wear

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HANDLED EMBOSSED SHEET GOLD VESSEL Peru, 20th c. L. 19,5 / H. 19 cm / 286 g Of flattened spherical body with a bent shoulder on a retracted openwork stand, shaped as a pointed cone with vertical spout and slightly bent handle extending to a fully sculpted priest figure sitting on the opposite edge, the figure with head, ear, and breast ornaments with inset turquoise holding up a handled vessel, with two additional seated figures on the lateral edges. A meandering shoulder frieze, the lateral segments each with two depictions of birds in relief over a diamond pattern. From an important South German private collection, assembled between 1958 and 1968, publ. at Nagel, sale 337, 19/20 April 1991, lot 789 - Slightly dented, minor wear

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