Pre-Columbian Geometric Two-Handled Aryballus
16th century A.D. or earlier. A ceramic aryballus with two loop handles to the equator and broad, cylindrical neck, the upper body decorated with a polychrome motif composed of chevrons, pellets and plain bands; possibly Inca. See The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 66.30.11, for the type. 214 grams, 10 cm high (4 in.). Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [No Reserve]