Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A hand-built blackware vessel depicting an anthropomorphosed figure with animorphic attributes, perhaps representing a transitional shaman/wild feline figure, with a human visage comprised of coffee-bean shaped eyes and lips, cup-shaped ears, and a naturalistic nose, yet simultaneously showing pointy animorphic ears atop the forehead, 'hands' that resemble paws, and curved haunches. Size: 5.5" W x 8.5" H (14 cm x 21.6 cm)

The Chimu civilization developed after the Moche, flourishing from 1000 to 1400 CE, during the Late Intermediate Period, prior to the rise of the Inca Empire, and Chimu artisans were heavily influenced by the Moche. Like the Moche, Chimu pottery vessels provide a window onto Pre-Columbian religion, rituals, socio-economics and every day life. All aspects of the day to day were depicted on these vessels: flora and fauna, anthropomorphized animals that often represented deities, portraits, scenes ranging from the erotic to the sacrificial to the militaristic.

Provenance: Ex-New Hampshire collection, most acquired prior to 1985

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  • Condition: Old abrasion to right nipple. Otherwise expected surface wear commensurate with age. Nice burnishing marks.

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