Pre-Columbian art/Peru/Nazca

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, 1100 to 1400 AD handsome home-made pottery vessel with a spherical body, rounded base, and pair of matching spouts with bridge handle. Highly burnished surface decorated with red ground. Each side of the bulbous body is painted with anthropomorphic deities. Cat-like heads and snake-like bodies in black, orange, red, cream and gray pigments. Size 7" H x 5 3/4" W

Provenance: ex-New York, New York collection, ex-Dr. Robert Goodwin, Colgate University, New York, purchased in the 1950's and 1960's.

Condition Report: Excellent condition. No overpaint observed under UV-light.