Description:

Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chancay, ca.1200 to 1450 CE. An intriguing, hand-built pottery sculpture depicting a pair of figures supporting a palanquin and its rider atop their shoulders. Each figure peers forward with ovoid eyes beneath a headdress adorned with serrated columns and presents wearing discoid ear spools, a stippled collar wrap, and a rectangular apron. The regal figure atop the palanquin reclines against an integral backrest and postulates with arms resting atop bent knees, and both palanquin carriers bear lattice-patterned panels across their cheeks. Size: 9" L x 3.7" W x 7.125" H (22.9 cm x 9.4 cm x 18.1 cm)

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

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#156686

  • Condition: Professionally repaired from several large pieces, with nearly invisible resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Nicks and abrasions to palanquin and all three figures, with fading to original pigment, and extensive encrustations. Nice remains of original pigment and earthen deposits throughout.

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