Description:

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A mold-formed pottery aryballos of a beautiful form featuring a quartet of stylized anthropomorphic figures exuding a style characteristic of the earlier Chimu culture. The piriform vessel sits atop a narrow, tapered base and has a pair of semicircular handles, a sloped shoulder with a plateaued neck base, and a cylindrical neck surmounted by a flared rim. The obverse shows four figures standing atop broad feet with bent arms held out to their sides, pleated skirts around their waists, discoid eyes flanking bulbous noses, and wide headdresses with five vertical projections each. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 7.125" W x 8.5" H (18.1 cm x 21.6 cm)

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired from Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA

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#156693

  • Condition: Neck and rim repaired from several pieces and then reattached to top of body, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Abrasions and light encrustations, with minor softening to some relief details on front, fire-darkening along the verso, and fading to areas of original pigment. Nice remains of original pigment throughout.

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