Three Chimu vessels

Three Chimu vessels

Peru

blackware pottery, one modelled as a fruit with a cylindrical spout supported by a lizard and a loop, 18.5cm high, a stirrup vessel with a bird to the base of the spout and two relief carved hyenas, 25.5cm high and one of spherical form with a bird and loop supported spout and four triangular panels with pelicans, 17.5cm high. (3)

Provenance

Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 4 December 1990, lot 174.