Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A lovely painted plaque formed from a large pottery fragment with a concave face. The surfaces of the face are decorated with a gorgeous vertical linear motif in hues of green, white, red-orange, brown, and yellow-orange. Plaques like this example were placed as offerings to Pacha Mama and Pacha Papa (Mother and Father Earth) to protect the health of livestock and humans alike. The Inca created these offerings by smashing large pottery vessels and painting the fragments in bright pigments. Size: 8.9" W x 9.1" H (22.6 cm x 23.1 cm).

Provenance: ex-private Hillberg collection, Sonoma County, California, USA, acquired between 1960 and 1970

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#150559

  • Condition: This is a fragment of a larger pottery vessel. Chips to peripheries and verso, with light fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout and great traces of original pigment colors across obverse.

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