Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A tall, hollow-molded, bichrome black-on-cream pottery figure of a characteristically stylized cuchimilco (or "star-gazer") standing atop stocky legs with upraised arms and cupped hands facing outward. An expressive visage with wide open, lined, almond-shaped eyes, a perky nose, striations adorning the cheeks and one above the mouth, a jutting chin, and pierced round ears presumably for suspending ornaments perhaps made from bird feathers shells rises from the figure's thick neck. The torso is painted with what appear to be breasts or breast coverings and a navel. Finally a belt/sash with fish motifs is wrapped around the waist, matching the pattern of the headband adorning the cuchimilco's conical head, and resonating with what appear to be fish-like outlines around the figure's eyes. Size: 6.8" W x 13.2" H (17.3 cm x 33.5 cm)

Provenance: ex Lehr-Collection, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany acquired around 1980

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#156685

  • Condition: Nicks and abrasions to limbs, body, head, and figure on verso, with light fading to original pigment, minor encrustations, and a few stable hairline fissures, otherwise intact and very good. Great earthen deposits and remains of pigment throughout.

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