Lot n° 127
                        
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                                    400 - 700
                                
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                            Vase with hemispherical body, decorated on three delimited r - Lot 127
                        
                        Vase with hemispherical body, decorated on three delimited registers with the figure of a humanized crab god in relief, the neck painted with a star motif. 
This divinity is adorned on its carapace with an anthropomorphic mask with wide-open eyes and hind legs transformed into human legs, symbolizing the shamanic symbiosis between man and animal for this people. 
Polychrome terra cotta, small corking on the feet, marks of time. 
Mochica, Peru, 200 to 600 A.D. 
Dimensions: 23 x 21 cm 
Provenance: former Bertrand de Perceval collection, Nice.
                        
                        
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