Description:

Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast of Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-built blackware pottery vessel bearing a stylized human portrait along the front of the cylindrical spout. The face is comprised of almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and a smiling mouth, with an incised headband resting low on the forehead, and a stylized saurian creature crawling up each shoulder. The burnished surfaces create a pleasing luster that enhances the allure of this artifact. Size: 6.2" L x 7.4" W x 9.4" H (15.7 cm x 18.8 cm x 23.9 cm)

Provenance: private Carroll collection, Georgia, USA, by descent; ex-private Jim Carroll collection, Maryland, USA, acquired 1960s

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#181614

  • Condition: Small chips to rim, with light abrasions, and fading to dark pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation of facial features and saurian creatures.

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