**Originally Listed At $800**

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A lovely hand-built pottery drinking vessel with a slightly rounded base, a cylindrical body with a tapering shoulder, a bulbous head with a small spout projecting from the verso, and a wide strap handle joining spout and shoulder. The highly-burnished exterior exhibits wonderful painted details in russet, jet black, cream, and citrine hues and depicts a seated person wearing a feathered cape, a golden necklace, and a lengthy tunic. The visage is presented with bulging ovoid eyes beneath thin brows, a projecting aquiline nose, raised lips, and triangular tattoo or scarification marks across the cheeks, all beneath a simple black coiffure. This vessel would have been used for storing and drinking chicha, a type of fermented corn beer, and was perhaps placed into a grave filled with offerings. A beautiful vessel replete with bold lines, strong colors, and an instantly recognizable style! Size: 5.1" W x 8.5" H (13 cm x 21.6 cm).

Provenance: ex-private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Orlando, Florida, USA collection, acquired from Artemis Gallery; ex-private Florida, USA collection, acquired at Anthropos Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, USA

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#140055

Probe hole to top of head. Head repaired with some visible fissures and minor chips, and small loss to tip of spout. Minor nicks to body, handle, spout, and head, with light fading to some areas of pigmentation. Nice earthen deposits and strong pigmentation throughout.