Zoomorphic vase (stylized animal effigy, globular body and c - Lot 197

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Zoomorphic vase (stylized animal effigy, globular body and c - Lot 197
Zoomorphic vase (stylized animal effigy, globular body and cylindrical neck). Black terracotta with glossy slip. H. 19.5 cm × W. 13.5 cm Moche culture, 100-800 A.D. Peru, north coast. Condition: neck rim slightly chipped, fine concretions, otherwise good condition. An elegant zoomorphic vase is included. The bird's beak folds over the body of the vase. Widening tubular neck. Suspension handle. L. 11 cm. Lambayeque culture, ca. 1100-1400 A.D. Peru. Condition: small chips, otherwise good condition. Provenance: Henri André Jean FAVRE Collection (1937-2025) (acquired before 1966, the zoomorphic vase visible on a family photo from the 1960s). Sociologist, researcher and teacher, Henri Favre focused his academic work on the peasant Indian uprisings that punctuated the colonial and republican history of Latin America. He began his research at the Instituto Nacional Indigenista in Mexico, then boarded at the Institut Français d'Etudes Andines, before joining the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 1966. For almost twenty years at the Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine, he led a post-graduate seminar on the ethnosociology of peasant Indians in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Henri Favre was Director of Research Emeritus at the CNRS. He is the author of numerous works on the Incas, the Mayas, Peru, Mexico, the indigenous movement in Latin America...
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