Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A handsome burnished blackware mold-made stirrup vessel adorned with a human beggar holding a kero that he is either drinking from or begging to have filled up. He sits with upraised knees upon a round base, his wide-eyed visage looking hopeful beneath his pointed cap. This piece may have been created right around the time tha the Inca conquered the Chimu, a time when beggars were most likely a common sight. Size: 4.5" in diameter x 7.5" H (11.4 cm x 19 cm)

The Chimu civilization developed after the Moche, flourishing from 1000 to 1400 CE, during the Late Intermediate Period, prior to the rise of the Inca Empire, and Chimu artisans were heavily influenced by the Moche. Stirrup vessels were the prominent ceramic form of the ancients of Peru, and they provide a window onto the religion, rituals, socio-economics and every day life of these Pre-Columbian cultures. All aspects of life were depicted on these vessels: naturalistic plants and animals, anthropomorphized animals that often represented deities, portraits, scenes of daily life ranging from the erotic to the sacrificial to the militaristic.

Provenance: Ex-Arnovick collection.

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Tiny nick on rim of spout. Otherwise intact with minimal surface wear. Nice burnishing marks.