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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 4277993, member: 8267&quot;]Most of the vessels look like modern fantastical recreations based on several pre-columbian Peruvian cultural styles. The cat-faced stirrup spout bottle is similar to this one from the Paracas culture, in the collection of the Chicago the Field Museum:</p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQP3xrpGCu2fn9-SxFGb6-u3I8lOGIXvIJVyw&amp;usqp=CAU" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The smiley faced one at the left rear in your photo looks like it was inspired by Chancay burial dolls - more specifically the modern reproductions of the dolls.</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern reproductions of dolls found in burials of the Chancay culture:</p><p><img src="https://www.sciencebuzz.org/sites/default/files/images/2005-05_0.object_of_the_month.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencebuzz.org/museum/object/2005_05_chancay_dolls" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencebuzz.org/museum/object/2005_05_chancay_dolls" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencebuzz.org/museum/object/2005_05_chancay_dolls</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And an original Chancay burial doll, in the Brooklyn Museum:</p><p><img src="https://d1lfxha3ugu3d4.cloudfront.net/images/opencollection/objects/size2/CUR.2003.81.3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2669" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2669" rel="nofollow">https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2669</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The snake bowl is interesting, and I cannot find anything exactly like it. The painted designs looks like Wari/Huari or Inca &quot;cubism&quot;. Do the spouts connect with one or more of the basins?</p><p><br /></p><p>This somewhat similar Inca bowl at the Metropolitan Museum is thought to have been used for pouring libations:</p><p><img src="https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/original/DP104855.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313341" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313341" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313341</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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