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THBHuari Polychrome Portrait Kero
Lot 81a
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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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Features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari / Wari culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A striking example of a polychrome ceramic vessel in the form of a disembodied head wearing a large headdress. This style of vessel, with its flaring body and flat base, is known as a kero (qero, quero), made for drinking chicha (beer). The headdress consists of vertical stripes above a chevron band; below that, the face is a deep red color, with incised eyes, a three-dimensional, thin nose, and a small mouth, lips slightly parted, with a neutral expression. The chin juts outward slightly from the face, as do the ears at either side. The iconography of the headband may indicate where this figure is from. Archaeologists believe that chevron headbands are associated with Pachacamac, a monumental Huari city with pyramid temples near the Peruvian coast. Size: 6.25" W x 6.7" H (15.9 cm x 17 cm)
Human heads with distinctive facial decoration and caps were a popular motif in Huari artwork; this may relate to the use of human heads as trophy objects, or perhaps for the veneration of ancestors, a favored theme on Huari (and other Peruvian) ceramics. Some have suggested that the wearing of certain types of motifs or textile items in life (because the textiles the Huari are buried with were likely worn by the living before they were used in burial) showed rank in the complex imperial structure that the Huari created.
Provenance: ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970-2008
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#108964Repaired and restored from multiple pieces. This is expertly done and almost impossible to see. Light pitting and deposits on the surface.Condition
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