Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Chavin, Santa Ana style, ca. 500 BCE. An incredibly rare stirrup vessel with an elongated cuboid base and two kneeling anthropomorphic figures. Each has his body crouched, smooth aside from incised swirling lines, as if wrapped in a cloth. Stylized faces with pointed noses and large eyes form their only features. Both have hair parted in the center; one wears a ringed headdress. A low, broad stirrup spout rises from their backs to meet at the center of the vessel. The vessel is a smooth, uniform red aside from the tops of the heads and the stirrup, whose surfaces are scored to create a rougher texture. Who do these figures represent? Captives of war? Sacrifices? Worshippers? Size: 3.9" L x 5.25" W x 6.55" H (9.9 cm x 13.3 cm x 16.6 cm)

Chavin people lived in the northern Highland Andes, and their capital, Chavin de Huantar, is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The artwork of Chavin represents the first widespread style in the region and its influence on later artwork, from the Moche to the Inca, is clear.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection

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  • Condition: Repaired and restored from multiple pieces. Restoration is almost impossible to discern. Fabulous manganese deposits on the body of the vessel.

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