Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu / Inca culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A lovely hand-made terracotta brownware vessel of a highly-burnished, spherical composition, its neck exhibiting a stylized anthropomorphic face with flared ears, a bulbous nose, and a black-striped headband; a pair of bent arms stretch out onto the vessel's exterior. The surface of the vessel is comprised of twin serpentine creatures coiling around, their sinuous bodies curling around one another, with one head terminating in front of the human face and the other behind. The majority of the exterior displays a light-brown color, though some areas display large swaths of fire-darkened hues. Size: 8.5" H (21.6 cm).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Dr. George Wald collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, acquired in the 1960s. Dr. George Wald is the recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the retina.

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#131266

  • Condition: Expected age-commensurate surface wear and abrasions, small chips to rim, face, serpent heads, and base, fading to exterior coloration with some areas of fire-darkening, otherwise intact and very good. Remnants of sticky black substance on verso.

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