Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Ica Valley, Paracas culture, ca. 400 BCE to 100 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a highly stylized anthropomorphic head in front of a lengthy strap handle and a conical spout. The face presents with slit-form eyes and mouth, a yellow band of tattooing across the cheeks and lips, red stripes projecting away from the eyes, and a petite vent hole atop the brow. Adorning the shoulders are bands of yellow, red, and orange curvilinear bands and spots. Size: 7.4" Diameter x 6.25" H (18.8 cm x 15.9 cm)

This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report will accompany the item upon purchase.

Provenance: ex-private Ohio, USA collection; ex-Midwestern USA collection, acquired in the 1980s; ex-old private Ohio, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s

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#178876

  • Condition: Repaired with light restoration and some overpainting along break lines. Restoration to entire head with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Light abrasions and fading to original pigment, with chipping to top of head, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to most original pigment. TL drill holes on head and base.

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