LOT 1687 BOAT WITH FISHERMAN - INCA PERIOD, PERU, C. 1200-1400 AD
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BOAT WITH FISHERMAN - INCA PERIOD, PERU, C. 1200-1400 ADBOAT WITH FISHERMAN - INCA PERIOD, PERU, C. 1200-1400 ADBlack fired clayInca period, Peru, c. 1200-1400 ADVery light and rare vessel depicting a "Caballito de Totora" boat with a laying fisherman on the top. The technique of construction of the caballo de totora has been passed down from generation to generation and “consists of cutting the totora stems and soaking them in water to prevent them from breaking, then allowed to dry in the sun to come together in two curved bodies that are tied with ropes.Dimensions: HEIGHT 14 CM, LENGHT 27 CMCondition: Optical appearance very good, restored; hairlines along the vesselProvenance: Once part of the collection of Dr. Gottfried Eysank of Marienfels, Bad Schönau, Lower Austria, acquired before 1970, then property of Galerie Alt-America in 2011
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