Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of a round-bottomed form with a flared rim and a globular body. The highly burnished exterior displays a register of highly stylized avian creatures circling around to the left along with one sizable crustacean chasing one of the birds, perhaps a lobster, all atop a burgundy ground. The rim interior is decorated with a repeating register of vertical black stripes, and the vessel's unadorned base exhibits its natural light orange color. Size: 7.2" Diameter x 5.2" H (18.3 cm x 13.2 cm)
Provenance: ex-Drimmer collection, Florida, USA, before 1965
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#165197
Condition
Repaired from multiple large and small pieces, with some new material added along the base for stabilization, and chipping with adhesive residue along new material and break lines. Abrasions and light fading to pigment, with chips to rim and body, and small area of loss along one side of body. Great remains of pigment and avian motifs across exterior.