Gourd shaped bowl of the Chimú culture
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AR3197C
| Object: |
Gourd shaped bowl of the Chimú culture
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| Material: |
Grey earthenware with shiny black surface. The surface is typical for the Chimú firing technique.
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| Period: |
Circa 900 AD to 1430 AD,
time of the Chimú Empire in the North of today's Peru.
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| Description: |
Elegant hemispherical bowl. The shape is based on a half hollowed-out gourd. A spout on the rim makes it clear that the bowl was used for liquids. The gourd was one of the main agricultural products of the Chimú. |
| Dimensions: |
13.1 x 12.1cm diameter. 6cm height.
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| Condition: |
Perfect condition. Fully intact. Elegant vessel.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us on the German art market in 2021. Previously in the German family collection E. P. Acquired in the 1960s or 1970s.
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| References: |
For a vessel of a different type, but also shaped like one of the Chimú agricultural products, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 1978.412.28. And for a gourd vessel of the Chimú see British Museum, museum no. Am1931,1119.2. |
| Authenticity: |
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