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Chimú Blackware Jar - Birds & Lords
Chimú Blackware Jar - Birds & Lords
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Description
Pre-Columbian, modern-day Peru, Chimú culture, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. This is a fine example of one of the distinctively-styled Chimú blackware jars, decorated with humans figures wearing large headdresses and bird/lizard/fish hybrid animals around the upper body; the jar has a bird face on its rim with a short, down-curved beak (like a parrot), and a flat, strap-like handle from the body to the neck. These blackware jars were mould-made and fired to that black color using a method called reduction firing. The original clay color was red. These were produced in specialty workshops by trained artisans. Size: 6.75" W x 7" H (17.1 cm x 17.8 cm).

Provenance: Ex-private Boston, MA collection acquired before 1975

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#112670
Condition
Intact, with slight wear.
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Chimú Blackware Jar - Birds & Lords

Estimate $400 - $600
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Starting Price $200
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