Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastic pair of Chimu artifacts: a grayware jar in the form of a figure bound by a coiled snake and a blackware double-chamber, whistle vessel with an anthropomorphic head and zoomorphic relief decoration. Larger of the 2, the grayware dish boasts a voluminous body adorned with the relief of a spiraling snake body, as the flared neck of the vessel displays a human face with sizeable ears and a cylindrical cap. Next, the other vessel is comprised of 2 spherical bodies - 1 surmounted by the head and arms of a figure wearing a biconical headdress and the other with a tubular spout - connected via a stirrup handle and a tunnel. Each side of the chambers is embellished by stippled tondos of crested wave and zoomorphic decoration. Blow into the tubular spout to create a lovely, high-pitched whistle! Size of larger: 5.8" Diameter x 7.8" H (14.7 cm x 19.8 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, August 5th, 2021, lot 141; ex-private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid 1980s

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#173672

Blackware vessel has been professionally repaired with restoration and repainting over break lines. Small chips to stirrup handle periphery and rim of grayware jar. Both have light surface wear as shown. Otherwise, grayware is intact and blackware still functions as a whistle. Both are very nice with impressive remaining detail.