Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 15th to 16th century CE. A collection of three pottery dishes, two in the form of birds with heads and short tab tails, and the third burnished with central striated and cross-hatched registers that terminate in double lug handles. Ceramics were highly significant in Inca culture, serving both as practical vessels for daily life and as important ritualistic and artistic expressions - these dishes may have been used as ceremonial plates. Similar plates have been found in Capac Hucha offerings, a key Inca ritual in which precious objects or sacrifices were presented to the gods, often by the emperor or high-ranking officials, to ensure prosperity, fertility, and favorable conditions for the state. Size: 7.5" Diameter x 2.75" H (19 cm x 7 cm)

Provenance: private Thornton, Colorado, USA collection

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#192703

  • Condition: Burnished plate has an abrasion and chip to surface, otherwise all are intact and excellent. The orange bird bowl has nice manganese deposits across the surface.

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