Nazca culture
A stepped-motif large, polychrome bowl, c. 100 BCE to 400 CE
Nazca pottery
17.7 x 9 cm (7 x 3 1/2 in)
Further images
Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru. Decorated with a wide exterior band with architectural, stepped motifs which researchers believe are symbolic of the descent to the grave. Rich, earthy tones are beautifully present...
Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru.
Decorated with a wide exterior band with architectural, stepped motifs which researchers believe are symbolic of the descent to the grave. Rich, earthy tones are beautifully present on this ancient vessel, which stands on a rounded base, made to be pressed into a sandy floor.
Nazca pottery, thin-walled and well-formed, with abstract designs in strong contrast to the realism of its contemporary to the north, the Moche, is known from underground burial chambers.
Decorated with a wide exterior band with architectural, stepped motifs which researchers believe are symbolic of the descent to the grave. Rich, earthy tones are beautifully present on this ancient vessel, which stands on a rounded base, made to be pressed into a sandy floor.
Nazca pottery, thin-walled and well-formed, with abstract designs in strong contrast to the realism of its contemporary to the north, the Moche, is known from underground burial chambers.
Provenance
Ex-Chris Webster collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA