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Cf. Ancient Ecuador, fig. 47.
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CA. 800 B. C.-A. D. 200
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CHORRERA ZOOMORPHIC VESSEL
Ca. 800 B. C.-A. D. 200
The thin-walled vessel with concave body depicting an elongated, highly stylized bat with wings to the sides, the interior finely incised with a continuous pattern of geometric motifs and the whole painted in brownish orange; pierced at the tail.
Length: 15¾ in. (40.1 cm.)
Ca. 800 B. C.-A. D. 200
The thin-walled vessel with concave body depicting an elongated, highly stylized bat with wings to the sides, the interior finely incised with a continuous pattern of geometric motifs and the whole painted in brownish orange; pierced at the tail.
Length: 15¾ in. (40.1 cm.)
Provenance
Belgian Collection from the early 1980s
Galerie Deletaille, Brussels
Ernst Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1994
Galerie Deletaille, Brussels
Ernst Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1994
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