Description:

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of a sizable form with a convex but stable base, a rotund, spherical body with a sloped shoulder, and a stirrup-shaped handle surmounted by a conical spout with an annular, incised rim. Highly burnished and decorated with hues of citrine and burnt sienna, each half of the vessel is adorned with incised concentric circles that create a large target or eye motif that is perhaps indicative of the sun. Size: 7.1" Diameter x 10" H (18 cm x 25.4 cm)

Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA

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#165421

  • Condition: Repair and restoration to large area of one side of vessel body around incised circular motif, with resurfacing and very light adhesive residue along new material and break lines. Light abrasions to body and base, with nicks to rim, and minor fading to surface pigment in scattered areas. Nice root marks and manganese deposits in scattered areas.

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