Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 58
A Chancay figure of a llama
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £500
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Description
A Chancay figure of a llama
Peru, circa 1000 - 1470 AD
earthenware, slip painted in cream and brown, with pierced ears, the underside with painted collection number N-630,
20.5cm high, 36.5cm long.
Provenance
Arthur M Sackler Collection (1913 - 1987.)
Art Ancient, London.
Romy Rey Collection, London.
Exhibited
The City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 15 August 1983 - 2 October 1983.
Bayley Art Museum of Virginia, 15 November 1983 - 15 January 1984.
Published
Art of the Andes Pre-Columbian Sculpted and Painted Ceramics from Arthur M Sackler Collection, p. 304 plate 179.