Vase with a handle decorated with waves The base... Lot 11

Vase with a handle decorated with waves The base of the globular body is decorated with scrolls evoking waves whose surface is finement polished. They contrast and highlight the treatment of the upper part, made of matted reliefs that evoke the surface of the spondy-lus. These shells were important elements of shamanic rituals. The shell is thus placed in its natural element: water. Broken and glued back together Brown and black terracotta. Cupisnique culture, Peru 1200 - 500 B.C. H. 24 - Diam. 14 cm - Provenance: - Former Bendicht Rudolf Wagner collection, Geneva, 1950s-70s. - M. Berjonneau collection, 1990s.