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THBNear-Miniature Inca Polychrome Pottery Urpu
Lot 78
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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! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1400 to 1532 CE. A wonderful terracotta aryballos-shaped vessel known as an urpu, a classic form that was developed and used only by the Inca in the Americas. The highly burnished vessel has a wide and conical base, a piriform body, with two applied strap handles and a nubbin-shaped lug, a tubular neck with a pinched base, and a flared rim with twin perforated loops. One side of the body displays a section of abstract linear motifs, sectioned off by two vertical lines and one horizontal line comprised of a beige band with black borders; the opposite side of the body is unadorned. An alluring vessel from the Inca peoples that may have once stored chicha, the popular fermented corn beer! Size: 4.5" W x 6" H (11.4 cm x 15.2 cm)
Urpus were used for transporting and storing liquids such as chicha, fermented corn beer, and the conical base enabled the vessel to be pushed into sand or soft earth to stand upright. When alpacas were overburdened, human porters carried the urpu vessels on their backs. The lugs below the rim secured a cloth or skin cover over the mouth to prevent spillage. The small lug on below the neck would also secure a strap that ran through the handles and tied the vessel to the porter’s back
Provenance: ex-private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired December 18, 2017, ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Boulder, Colorado, USA, ex H. Turner collection around 2000
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#161187Near choice with expected surface wear commensurate with age and small chips to rim, neck, body, and base. Light fading to surface coloration. Nice burnishing marks, earthen deposits, and mineral deposits.Condition
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