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Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

3111/14

Round bowl with two applied feline heads near inverted rim. Band between two heads is divided by double diagonal lines, and has small profile birds in the interspace. Black decoration and cream slip. Molded manufacture. Complete.

  • Narrative

    Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.

  • Type of Item bowl
  • Culture Chancay
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 8.8 cm, width 13.6 cm, depth 14.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell, Rosemarie L. Tovell
  • Received from Susan Moogk, Rosemarie L. Tovell, Peter H.M. Tovell, Patricia Skahan
  • Made in Lima
  • Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
  • Collection Date during 1963
  • Ownership Date before May 21, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on May 21, 2015
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3111/0014

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