Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of attractive form called a canchero (also known as a corn popper or water dipper) presenting a broad form with a carinated spherical body bearing a large opening on one side. A conical handle projects from the top of the carination and features a highly stylized anthropomorphic head as its upper knob. The tan and beige hues of the highly burnished surfaces are the ground upon which a russet-painted portrait of Ai Apec - the principal god of the Mochica people - is shown bearing wide eyes, a fang-lined mouth, and extended claws, all beneath a radiant headdress. Russet pigment also decorates the head above the handle as well as the areas beneath the chin and verso. Size: 7.4" W x 12.3" H (18.8 cm x 31.2 cm); 11.75" H (29.8 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, 1995 to 2010; ex-private Hans Jurgen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to 1960s

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#171842

  • Condition: Repair and restoration to most of body, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions to body and handle, with touch-up painting to remaining original pigment, and softening to some finer details of head on handle. Nice remains of pigment on head. Old inventory label on verso.

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