Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1450 CE. A mold-made blackware vessel with a slightly-rounded base, an ovoid body, a tall cylindrical spout, and a short strap handle. The topside of the vessel boasts a stylized jaguar with low-relief features including curved limbs, a curling tail, and a stippled body. The high-relief feline head exhibits circular eyes, a squat snout, perky ears, and a crested brow comprising its zoomorphic features. Two panels of incised wavy and square motifs extend downwards beneath the spout. This iconography is greatly symbolic, as the jaguar was associated with power and might throughout the Pre-Columbian world. Warriors, rulers, hunters, and shamans alike associated themselves with this king of beasts, the largest and most powerful feline in the New World. Size: 5.5" L x 3.75" W x 6.25" H (14 cm x 9.5 cm x 15.9 cm).

Provenance: private Oconto, Wisconsin, USA collection

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#136842

  • Condition: Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to spout rim, handle, body, and base, with fading to some areas of coloration and some finer raised details, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout. Nice craquelure to body and spout in some areas.

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