**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Vicus culture, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel painted in vivid hues of vermilion, black, beige, and cream. The vessel is defined by a round but stable base, a circular body with a protruding midsection and a rounded shoulder, a projecting simian-form head on one end with a tapering cylindrical spout on the other and an arching stirrup-shaped handle arching between the two. Intricate zigzagging, fretted, and curvilinear motifs envelop the entire vessel, and the charming monkey head - which doubles as the tone hole for the whistle - produced a high-pitched sound when air is blown into the spout. Size: 7" W x 7.25" H (17.8 cm x 18.4 cm).

Provenance: private California, USA collection

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#145697

Repaired from multiple pieces with light restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines. Small nicks to monkey head, spout, body, and base, with fading to areas of original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits and manganese blooms throughout. Whistle produces high-pitched sound when used.