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THBLarge Chancay Bi-Chrome Amphora w/ Jaguar
Lot 78e
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1200 CE. A large bichrome pottery amphora of an egg-shaped form used for storing and transporting chicha de jora (fermented corn beer), skillfully modeled and decorated in chocolate brown on cream with a myriad of beautiful geometric motifs inspired by woven textile patterns embellishing the body, neck, and rim - and perhaps most charming, a petite jaguar lying prone and adorning the neck, its head and front legs on one side and its tail and rear legs on the other. Size: 12" W x 19" H (30.5 cm x 48.3 cm)
The Chancay people were exceptional ceramic and textile artisans, and archaeologists have often found vessels like this example in the tombs of Chancay nobility. Chancay artisans created ceramics that are quite distinctive in form and decoration - finely painted and molded with specific decorative details carefully added by hand - as we see in this example. The Chancay replaced the Wari, were contemporaries of the Inca, and in their latter period came under Inca influence. Their goods were traded throughout the Andean region.
Compare with similar examples in "Ancestors of the Incas, The Lost Civilizations of Peru" by Kauffmann-Doig, Presented by Wonders, 124/125.
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world’s largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: ex-private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection, before 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#164073Because of the large size, the vessel was slightly misfired resulting in the droopy rim and depressions to the body as shown in the photos. One small rim chip, surface spall and minor pigment wear but no repairs or restoration as is so often seen on these huge vessels. Old collection label and several inventory numbers penned in ink on the base.Condition
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