Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu/Inca culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. An exciting blackware stirrup vessel boasting 2 relief scenes each of an encounter between a crab and a jaguar atop a stippled background. Each of the dramatic images displays a 4-legged crab, claws extended in a defensive pose, confronting a jaguar in profile with a slender body and an anthropomorphic head crowned by a semicircular headdress. The vessel itself features a spherical form with a planar base and a pair of conical spouts that span outwards from the top, connected by a stirrup handle. Size: 6.3" W x 5.9" H (16 cm x 15 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, 1995 to 2010; ex-Splendors of the World, Hawaii, USA, 2014; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-T. Misenheimer collection, Hollywood, California, USA; ex-Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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#171705

  • Condition: Expected surface wear with nicks and abrasions. Miniscule chip to 1 spout. Otherwise, intact and excellent with impressive remaining detail and light earthen deposits.

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