Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A blackware double-chambered whistling vessel comprised of two mold-made bottles, the rear one with a conical spout, the other with a blind spout modeled with a bird head, front and back containers bridged by a flat, hollow handle. The outward faces of the bottles are decorated with numerous rows of wave and chevron motifs set in horizontal registers. According to scholar Michael Moseley (see Art of the Andes, p. 207), such designs were probably a heraldic device. The inner faces are both stippled as was also characteristic of Chimu pottery. Size: 9.75" L x 5.25" W x 7.75" H (24.8 cm x 13.3 cm x 19.7 cm)

Compare to a similar example in C. Donnan, "Ceramic of Ancient Peru"

Provenance: ex Rita Caputo Pargeon collection

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#124636

  • Condition: Repaired from two pieces (reattached at center join between the two chambers and the midsection of the handle). Tiny chips to rim of spout. Expected surface wear commensurate with age.

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