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THBChimu Blackware Aryballos w/ Human Face Form
Lot 16a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, much more. All items have been legally acquired and are legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chimu, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. An impressive aryballos-shaped blackware vessel known as an urpu, with an anthropomorphic face as the body. The vessel has a slightly rounded base and a barrel shaped body with the face protruding from the front side. The visage is comprised of two almond shaped eyes, a ridged nose, a circular nose ring, and a shallow groove forming the mouth. Tab shaped ears project to the sides and may also act as handles. A tall neck with a flared rim rises from the top of the simple headdress. The entire vessel is covered with a glossy black slip. A very handsome example of an urpu that held both utilitarian and ritualistic importance! Size: 6.5" L x 4.5" W (16.5 cm x 11.4 cm); 8.5" H (21.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Urpus were used for transporting and storing liquids such as chicha (fermented corn beer) and they usually featured conical bases that enabled the vessel to be pushed into sand or soft earth to stand upright. When alpacas were overburdened, human porters carried the urpu vessels on their backs.
Provenance: ex-private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired October 9, 2017; ex-Senatus Consulto, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ex-Hammer collection around 1980
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#161216Repaired with resurfacing and restoration to rim. Chip and loss to rim as well. Nice burnishing marks and great preservation of details!Condition
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