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260 - A round bowl decorated on the outside with two bands of birds inlaid in mosaic. The central band depicts four birds feeding their chicks, surrounded by a band showing thirteen birds (one missing).
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A round bowl decorated on the outside with two bands of birds inlaid in mosaic. The central band depicts four birds feeding their chicks, surrounded by a band showing thirteen birds (one missing). Calabash, spondylus shell, stone. The spondylus is a bivalve whose reddish-orange shell is considered a precious material by many civilizations. Along the South American coast, it lives in the waters of the Pacific Ocean at depths of up to about fifty meters. Peru. Northern Coast. Chimu civilization. 1100–1400 AD Diameter: 16 cm. (Broken and glued back together) Provenance: Hôtel Drouot, April 11, 2000, lot no. 70. Private collection, Brussels Passed down through the family
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TWO CONTINENTS, ONE COLLECTION (Asian and American Arts)Auction house
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