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A large pottery bowl, South American 'Shipibo', Peru, first half of the 20th century.
Hammer price
4 500SEK
Estimate
2 500 - 3 000 SEK

Bulbous body with a handpainted geometrical pattern. Outer diameter widest part 28.5 cm. Diameter rim 19 cm. Height 14.5 cm.

Provenance

Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions

Compare with a very similar Quenpo Hani, Fiesta Drinking Bowl, in the Collection of Spurlock Museum, Illionois, invetnory no 2000.01.0542.

Compare also with one in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, inventory no 1999.47.296.

More information

The Shipibo-Conibo tribe are an indigenous people that reside along the Ucayali River in Peru, the Shipibo-Conibo are well known for their pottery, which typically details maze-like red and black geometric patterns.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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