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THBSican / Lambayeque Silver Tiered Kero, 46.8 g
Lot 131g
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Feb 21, 2019
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican/Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A fabulous ceremonial drinking vessel known as a kero shaped from a hammered sheet of silver (60%) with a planar base and a multi-tiered body which gradually expands towards a flared lip. The tiered shape of this vessel is perhaps representative of the massive pyramidal mounds at the center of Lambayeque's greatest cities. A fine example of ancient Mesoamerican silver-smithing! Size: 3.4" W x 4.8" H (8.6 cm x 12.2 cm); quality of silver: 60%; total weight: 46.8 grams.
Silver and other metal vessels were made at Cerro Huaringa, in vast smelting furnaces and workshops. People used these keros to drink chicha, a fermented drink crucial to religious and burial rites as well as ritual celebrations around planting and harvest time. Chica was made from maize, quinoa, or squash, with a local alcohol content and fermented through the use of saliva - women chewed the food and then boiled it in water, leaving the enzymes from their mouths to produce the malt for fermentation.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Gary Drimmer collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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#144343Slight bending to rim, with small indentations on body, and minor nicks, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits within interior, and nice patina throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.Condition
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