Pre-Columbian Ceramic Chancay Anthropomorphic Jar

1000-1200 A.D.

5 1/8 in. (384 grams, 13 cm high).

Bulbous-bodied with splayed neck and rounded base, stylised puffy-cheeked, squinty-eyed human face, raised arms embracing the bloated vessel bowl, one suspension loop and remains of a second to neck base. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired by the vendor's mother 1960s-1970s, thence by descent.
Ex Spray family collection, Norfolk, UK.

Literature

See Pimentel, V., Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, 5 Continents, Milan, 2012, for a range of Chancy vessels.

CONDITION

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LOT 2222