PAIR OF PRE-COLUMBIAN LAMBAYEQUE COPPER VESSELS

Ca. AD 800 - 1470 > A group of two Lambayeque copper-alloy objects with cylindrical lower sections and broad openwork upper elements incorporating stylised faces and projecting ornaments. Lambayeque metalworkers on Peru's north coast produced technically accomplished objects for elite and ceremonial settings. Repeated frontal faces and elaborate headdresses participate in a visual language of authority and supernatural power. > > Size: 225-340mm x 275-320mm; Weight: 980g > Provenance: Ex Collection M. J. Vaupel, Miami, FL (USA), acquired between 2000 and 2013; Ex. Collection Mr. G. L. Reyes Garcia, Miami, FL (USA), acquired between the 1960s/70s and 2000. Ex. Private Collection Florida, acquired in the 1960s. > This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. >

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