Beaker of the Nazca culture
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AR2667C
| Object: |
Painted cup of the Nazca culture
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| Material: |
Pottery with polychrome paintings in light brown, red-brown, black and white.
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| Period: |
Early Nazca, 0 to 450 AD. |
| Description: |
Cup with round base and steep walls. The painting forms three zones. The bottom zone is monochrome light brown, the middle zone is monochrome red-brown and the top zone is separated by a white band and polychrome. Singluar wavelets in alternating red-brown and white form three horizontal lines against a black background. The vessel is a nice example for the art of the precolumbian Nazca culture. |
| Background: |
The Peruvian Nazca culture develoepd since 200 BC from the oases of the river valleys of the Río Gránde. It must not be thought of as a centralized state but rather as loosely associated settlements. The settlers coped with the extremely dry climate of the region by constructing and operating subterranean irrigation channels. The resulting flourishing agriculture allowed a versatile but singular culture to develop. Most famed today are the Nazca Lines. Large abstract figures drawn in the desert floor. They are so huge they can only be seen from high altitudes as a whole. Nazca pottery is characterized by fine clay and thin walls that are decorated with scenes in bright colours. |
| Dimensions: |
Approx. 89mm height and 95mm diameter.
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| Condition: |
Worthy of being exhibited in a museum. The vessel is complete and intact, no restaurations. Also most of the painting is preserved, only one side has severe wear. This is probably because of the position in the ground that subjected one side of the vessel to harsher conditions than the other sides. Modern inscription "11" by Helene Ferro with black ink on the bottom side.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired in 2018 on the German art market. Previously in the German private collection of Helene Ferro, collection no. 11. Helen Ferro undertook adventurous travels to South America and spent a long time there. She explored the art and culture of the continent and acquired numerous artefacts of the precolumbian civilizations between 1945 and 1967. Before 1968 all objects have been exported from South America to Germany.
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| Literature: |
A. Kroeber, The Archaeology and Pottery of Nazca.
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| Authenticity: |
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