Lot 69
**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel with a pair of spherical chambers, each resting on a flared foot. Presenting in creamy yellow-white hues, the vessel features a standing jaguar effigy atop the front chamber, a tapered mouthpiece rising from the back chamber, and a stirrup-shaped handle arching between them. The stylized feline prowls atop delineated legs, peering off to one side with enormous eyes, and with dark brown pigment creating its fur. A raised tone hole on one end of the handle creates a pleasing whistle sound when air is blown in through the spout. Size: 9.375" L x 5.375" W x 8.375" H (23.8 cm x 13.7 cm x 21.3 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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#173020
- Condition: Repair to tip of jaguar's tail, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Restoration to top half of spout and area of foot of back chamber. Minor abrasions, with fading to pigment, minor spalls, and light encrustations. Nice preservation to overall form of vessel and feline. Whistle still creates pleasing sound when air is blown into the spout.
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