Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished portrait vessel depicting the finely detailed visage of a youthful lord. The masculine countenance presents almond-shaped eyes with elongated canthi beneath a gently furrowed brow, a prominent nose with flared nostrils, thin lips, and tapered cheeks above a pointed chin. A headband studded with medallions rests low on his forehead and is secured via a chin strap tied beneath the chin. Each ear is ornamented with a massive circular earspool bearing spherical nodules around the periphery, and his incised coiffure is swept back behind his head and down almost to the nape of his neck. Size: 5.75" W x 4.75" H (14.6 cm x 12.1 cm)

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, before 2010; ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970-2008

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#173435

  • Condition: Professionally repaired and restored, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Abrasions and fading to pigment commensurate with age, with some possible re-tooling to some incised details, and light earthen deposits within interior cavity. Great preservation to most facial details.

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