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THE ANDEAN REGION
PROPERTY FROM THE STANFORD PLACE COLLECTION, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
SOLD BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES
CHAVIN STEATITE VESSEL
CUPINISQUE, CA. 900 - 600 B.C.
Details
CHAVIN STEATITE VESSEL
CUPINISQUE, ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
elaborately carved with two ferocious, half-feline/half-anthropomorphic, winged, confronted beings, each with legs splayed, grasping in their large hands three-bladed weapons, attired in elaborate loincloths, an additional triple-bladed knife bisects the two profiles, one feline and one human, that comprise the deities' heads, alluding to their dual nature.
Height 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
CUPINISQUE, ca. 900 - 600 B.C.
elaborately carved with two ferocious, half-feline/half-anthropomorphic, winged, confronted beings, each with legs splayed, grasping in their large hands three-bladed weapons, attired in elaborate loincloths, an additional triple-bladed knife bisects the two profiles, one feline and one human, that comprise the deities' heads, alluding to their dual nature.
Height 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
Provenance
Alan Lapiner, New York
Literature
Arielle P. Kozloff and Linda Schildkraut, Gods and Mortals, New York, 1999, no. 16.
Elizabeth Hill Boone, ed. Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks, vol. 1, Washington D.C., 1996, pp. 89 - 100, plates 10- 13.
The Cupisnique culture flourished on the northern Peruvian coast in the second and first millennia B.C. Its art style has been confused with that of Chavin. In fact, some scholars call Cupisnique objects "coastal Chavin." However, it has been ascertained that the Cupisnique style developed prior to that of Chavin. Although the two remained largely independent of one another, there were some mutual influences between them. Both cultures seemed to worship a supernatural feline deity.
Elizabeth Hill Boone, ed. Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks, vol. 1, Washington D.C., 1996, pp. 89 - 100, plates 10- 13.
The Cupisnique culture flourished on the northern Peruvian coast in the second and first millennia B.C. Its art style has been confused with that of Chavin. In fact, some scholars call Cupisnique objects "coastal Chavin." However, it has been ascertained that the Cupisnique style developed prior to that of Chavin. Although the two remained largely independent of one another, there were some mutual influences between them. Both cultures seemed to worship a supernatural feline deity.