Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-built pottery fragment from a bridge-spouted vessel depicting a charming monkey seated on its haunches with bent legs. The adorable simian rests in an upright pose, holds a piece of fruit to its mouth with its right hand, and places its left hand atop its knee. Dark brown pigment accentuates the head, eyes, elbows, ears, and knees of the creature, and a fragmentary strap handle - embellished with linear and abstract geometric motifs - projects from the verso. Size: 3.6" L x 2.07" W x 3.2" H (9.1 cm x 5.3 cm x 8.1 cm)
Provenance: ex-Drimmer collection, Florida, USA, before 1965
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#165187
Condition
This is a fragment from a larger pottery composition. Losses to tail, latter half of strap handle, lower peripheries, and top of held fruit as shown. Light abrasions and fading to pigment. Great preservation to simian form and applied pigments.