A LARGE PRE-COLOMBIAN CHANCAY TEXTILE, PERU, 15TH CENTURY
A LARGE PRE-COLOMBIAN CHANCAY TEXTILE, PERU, 15TH CENTURYEstimate $1,500 – $2,500
- Lot Sold $1,000 (Hammer Price)
- $1,200 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
woven with stylised birds in bands between double borders, in deep pink and yellow on a brown ground, yellow fringes, mounted under glass and framed
117 X 130CM
PROVENANCE
Estate of the Late Beryl Whiteley, Sydney Christie's South Kensington Tribal Art sale 29 June 1987, lot 26
OTHER NOTES
The Chancay culture flourished on the Central Coast of Peru between the 11th and 15th centuries. It is understood to be associated with the cult of the god of guano fertility
CONDITION
Considerable wear and thinning to the fabric with some losses to the weave and holes throughout consistent with age.
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