Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. Two lovely hand-built pottery vessels that nicely contrast in shape and hue. The first is a tall orangeware vessel with a rounded and lobed body, protruding knobs, and a long flared neck. Faint figures are painted in black pigments on the flat panels between the knobs, and traces of motifs are visible on the tiered section below the neck. The other is a blackware stirrup vessel with a rounded body that rests on a flat base. Around the body are panels separated by raised bands, and within two panels are relief bird motifs, likely pelicans, and raised dots within two other panels. The arching handle has an incised pattern on one side and once supported a now missing spout. A lovely pair of ancient vessels! Size (redware): 4.77" W x 8" H (12.1 cm x 20.3 cm); (blackware): 6.5" W x 7" H (16.5 cm x 17.8 cm)

Provenance: private Copeland collection, Boulder, Colorado, USA, acquired before 1990

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#151017

The orangeware vessel has surface abrasions with some chips and losses to slip, chips and nicks to rim and fading of pigment, and an old inventory label written on base. The stirrup vessel is missing the spout with visible fissure and abrasions on the handle, and pitting to the body. Mineral deposits on both!