Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. A nicely preserved, hand-built pottery vessel of a relatively spherical form bearing a stylized anthropomorphic effigy along the front face. The vessel presents with a round but stable base, a rotund body with a sloped shoulder, a conical back spout behind a head-shaped frontal spout, and a strap handle bridging between the two spouts. The front of the vessel features painted arms with white nail beds, a zigzagging white band with black spots, and a pair of black fish flanking the front legs of a white and black bovine relief creature with a suspension loop under the body. The head spout bears a protruding nose centered between baggy eyes and full lips, and a black coiffure surrounds the spout mouth. The verso is decorated with dense vertical stripes in hues of burgundy, peach, cream, and chocolate. Size: 5" Diameter x 6.4" H (12.7 cm x 16.3 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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#165953

One small pressure fissure to top of back handle terminal, with light abrasions and nicks to base, body, face, and both spouts, and light fading to painted decorations, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to pigment throughout.