Semi-globular cup with flat bottom Huari Culture,... Lot 3

Semi-globular cup with flat bottom Huari Culture, Peru Middle Horizon, 600 - 900 A.D. Wood H. 9.5 cm - W. 9.5 cm Decorated in high relief on the flanks of the deity Ai-Apaec represented standing holding in his left hand an axe and in his right hand a sceptre decorated with snake heads. The rest of the decoration represents a mythological scene made up of human profiles and anthropo-zoomorphic deities. Visible accidents. Provenance: Galerie Bernard, Ramatuelle, 1970's. ' Former Régine and Guy Dulon collection, Paris Sale Binoche-Giquello, 16 December 2015, n°104 Private collection, Paris Publication : Wood Sculptures of Ancient Peru, James Reid, Tribal art, Number 7, Summer 2004, reproduces 100 percent.