Nazca Bowl with Four Trophy Heads, 500 CE - 700 CE
Terracotta
3.5 x 7
K.072
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The vibrant, spontaneous artistry of this beautiful bowl eclipses its rather gruesome subject matter. What would the modern masters--Klee and Picasso-- have thought of this piece whose naive, childlike, expressive...
The vibrant, spontaneous artistry of this beautiful bowl eclipses its rather gruesome subject matter. What would the modern masters--Klee and Picasso-- have thought of this piece whose naive, childlike, expressive painting contrasts with its all too worldly content? Perhaps thast is what the artist intended-- to amuse, to beguile, to make us laugh and forget.