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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A lovely, mold-formed blackware vessel. The highly-burnished, flat-bottomed vessel has a rotund body with rounded shoulders, a stirrup-shaped handle, and a projecting cylindrical spout. Each side of the vessel is adorned with a low-relief scene featuring complex iconography - a serpent-bedecked human figure uses a fox-headed mace to attack a large fish-like creature. Further zoomorphic figures adorn the neck and sides of the vessel. Size: 6.8" W x 10.4" H (17.3 cm x 26.4 cm)

Provenance: ex-private San Francisco, California, USA collection, collected before 1990

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#144306

  • Condition: Repaired at spout. Restored from multiple pieces with overpaint all over body with light deposits in the lower profile areas. Motifs are very clear.

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