Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 600 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a fine form with a round but stable base, a slightly compressed spherical body with a rounded shoulder, and a squat, flared rim surrounding the opening to the interior. The highly burnished vessel features an upper ground of stark white pigment overlaid with a quartet of abstract, heart-shaped anthropomorphic faces, each surrounded by 12 radiating tendrils in hues of tangerine, burgundy, wheat, and ash gray. Thin black lines separate each face from its neighbor, and a thick black band surrounds the spout exterior; the lower half of the body is a buffware hue. Size: 6.5" Diameter x 5.6" H (16.5 cm x 14.2 cm)

Display stand shown in photos is for photography purposes only.

Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998

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#166103

Minor abrasions and nicks to base, body, and spout rim, with minimal fading to exterior pigment, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to painted decorations throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.