Chimu Inca Stirrup Underwater Battle, Ex-Hollywood
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Pre-Columbian, Inca, Northern Peru, Ca 1300 to 1500 CE. The Chimu people (900-1450 CE) of Peru perfected distinctive blackware pottery, employing smoldering flames during the firing and then buffing the surface to produce a dull sheen. Many of the pottery forms derived from the Moche culture, which preceded the Chimu in the Andean region of Peru. This double-spouted vessel is of the Inca culture but with great Chimu influence. It is a rather unusual blackware stirrup jar depicting two zoomorphic beasts in confrontation. One is a crab-like creature, claws extended in defensive pose. The other looks more like a salamander; body with stippled background. Suggests a metaphorical nature narrative for this culture of warriors. 6" W by 5-1/2" H
Provenance: Ex-prominent Hollywood, CA collection acquired from Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
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Provenance: Ex-prominent Hollywood, CA collection acquired from Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
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.
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Normal surface wear. Else intact and excellent
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Chimu Inca Stirrup Underwater Battle, Ex-Hollywood
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