Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A fantastical polychrome pottery vessel featuring painted mythical and applied zoomorphic creatures. The body is a rounded shape with a stable base. The sides swell upward and taper into a squat neck that is painted with a white ground and black triangular shapes. An applied strap handle in the form of a monkey projects from one side. The simian creature places one hand on his head as he looks inquisitively to one side, with incised eyes and flattened snout. His body is painted with black and white stripes, and his tail curves down the side of the vessel in low relief. The exterior is painted with a pair of mythological snake creatures known as "eared serpents," due to their unusual ears and often other feline features. They are surrounded by white spots and a border of white and black bands. A fascinating vessel replete with animal symbolism! Size: 8" Diameter x 10" H (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)
Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998
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Condition
Restored with overpainting and infill to abrasions, including an area by one snake. Surface pitting and abrasions across body, especially on the monkey and mouth rim. Nice burnishing and root marks throughout.