Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Kero Vessel 300–900 AD

300–900 AD

Mamluk Stone Architectural Fragment

combined with the symbolic emphasis on fertility and femininity

Private Florida Collection

Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Kero Vessel 300–900 ADPre Columbian Nazca Polychrome Kero Vessel Peru, ca. 200 BCE600 CE Finely painted Nazca pottery kero vessel of gently waisted cylindrical form, decorated in polychrome pigments with a complex mythological scene featuring stylized anthropomorphic and supernatural figures rendered in the classic Nazca palette of red, cream, black, orange, and purple. A repeating band of abstract motifs encircles the rim, while large mask like faces with almond shaped