Lot 141B
Two Chimu Blackware Bird Motif & Buff Figural Vessels
Two Chimu Blackware Bird Motif & Buff Figural Vessels
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Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast of Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A pair of pottery vessels, one in classic Chimu blackware and the other in buff terracotta. The blackware jar features a hemispherical base evoking a squash, its surface covered with nodules, with the shoulder encircled by a raised band of abstract avian forms rendered in zigzagging lines and incised triangles. The buff vessel presents a rounded body with a single handle and mold-impressed figures on both sides: one showing a standing anthropomorphic figure framed within a textured ground, the other depicting a fantastical spiral, fish-like hybrid. Size: 5" L x 7.25" W (12.7 cm x 18.4 cm)
Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; buff: ex-Freeman/Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois, USA, part of lot 285; ex-Donald Wonder collection, California & New Jersey, thence by descent; blackware: ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Carroll collection, Georgia, USA, by descent; ex-private Jim Carroll collection, Maryland, USA, acquired 1960s
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- Condition: Professional repair and restoration to entire spout of blackware vessel, handle, and small area of shoulder, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to body and shoulder, with light softening to some raised details. Buff vessel is in good condition without any visible repairs.
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