Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Northern Highlands, Recuay culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished vessel depicting a female figure seated with both legs bent up to her body. Presented in hues of dark red and brown, the nude woman sits with arms tucked beneath perky breasts, sloped shoulders, a forward-facing head, and a slightly hunched back, with a stirrup-shaped handle protruding from behind her head and terminating at the midsection of the curved spout. Her face exhibits incised eyes, a protruding nose above thin lips, and tab-shaped ears flanking a bald skullcap. Size: 4.5" W x 7.8" H (11.4 cm x 19.8 cm)

Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, acquired from Vintage Accents Auctions, Thomaston, Maine, March 26, 2020, Lot 32163

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#170626

  • Condition: Minor abrasions and nicks, with light fading to pigment, and encrustations within some recessed areas, otherwise intact and very good. Nice remains of painted motifs throughout. Rounded base means vessel cannot sit upright unassisted.

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