Description:

Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast of Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished blackware pottery jar of twin-lobed form, each container with a carinated midsection and a round but stable base. Resting between the sloping shoulders is a stylized anthropomorphic head with almond-shaped eyes, tab ears, a prominent nose, and a beaded necklace, all adorned in vibrant red-orange pigment. A conical headdress emanates from atop the head, and a strap handle extends down towards the shoulder along the verso. Size: 4.5" L x 7.9" W x 5.4" H (11.4 cm x 20.1 cm x 13.7 cm)

Provenance: private Carroll collection, Georgia, USA, by descent; ex-private Jim Carroll collection, Maryland, USA, acquired 1960s

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Item # 181578

  • Condition: Professional repair and restoration to small area of spout rim, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions, with light fading to pigment in scattered areas, and light earthen deposits, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to overall form as well as pigment decorating face.

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