Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, ca. 125 to 250 CE. A polychrome pottery kero (quero) with slightly concave walls presenting a decorative/iconographic program arranged in registers in shades of red, tan, black, and white. The central, widest register features three underworld deities depicted as profile human heads, each with a trophy head deities or taster headdress. Surrounding this is an upper register comprised of abstract, interlocking step motifs and a lower register continuing to the base that features a simple, alternating black and white triangular motif. Size: 2.25" in diameter x 3.5" H (5.7 cm x 8.9 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Private Ventura County, CA collection

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#118619

  • Condition: Chip to rim. Small pressure fissure on lower wall near base. Expected surface wear with minor paint loss/fading as shown.

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