Chancay Whistling Vessel w/ Figure, ex-Museum

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A musical whistling bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in a hue of pale yellow. Mold-made, the fascinating vessel features two circul

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A delightful pottery, double-chambered stirrup vessel featuring an intricately formed cacique and still producing a high-pitched whistl

Originally offered at $700... Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A musical whistling bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in a warm hue of pale yellow. Mold-mad

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A musical whistling bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in a warm hue of pale yellow. Mold-made, the fascinating vessel features two c

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Vicus, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. Rare and quite amusing pottery vessel in deep red/brown slip. The vessel is molded in the form of a llama with short tail, long nose and

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An intriguing blackware stirrup vessel with an incised motif and high relief anthropomorphic figure with a bird. The vessel has a flat ba

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. An intriguing blackware stirrup vessel with an incised motif and high relief anthropomorphic figure with a bird. The vessel has a flat ba

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A fabulous, musical whistling vessel comprised of 2 discoid vessels atop conical feet, all intricately painted with black and white pigments. A le

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Lambayeque Valley, Middle Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. A wonderful pottery whistle vessel comprised of 2 cuboid chambers connected via an ovoid tunnel. O

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A fascinating pottery vessel with a bulbous body shaped like both a gourd and a figure. The vessel has a rounded body and tapers to

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A fabulous musical whistling vessel comprised of 2 discoid chambers with a shaman figure atop one and a slender, tubular handle capping t

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 250 to 400 CE. A charming pottery vessel presenting a flat base and spherical body topped with a high arching stirrup spout and a petite figure in

Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A fascinating and incredibly rare figural ceramic vessel in the form of a shaman holding serpents. The figure wears a dramatic, conical

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, late Salinar to early Moche culture, ca. 200 BCE to 250 CE. A wonderful storage vessel featuring a concave, flared foot, dramatically sloped walls that rise to a disco

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a pottery stirrup vessel depicting the head of a fierce jaguar. Presented in hues of citrine, burnt sienna, c

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, late Phase 1 to Phase 2, ca. 250 to 400 CE. A charming example of a hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a seated Muscovy duck. Highly burnished and adorned

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A sizable example of a hand-built brownware pottery vessel featuring intricate, abstract zoomorphic creatures. The vessel presents with a

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A charming, hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a deer with a bulky body surmounted by a stirrup-shaped handle and cylindrical

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a spherical form with a series of intricate, abstract faces presented in hues of burgundy, lavender, tangerine

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Chavin, ca. 600 to 400 BCE. A wonderful hand-built blackware bridge vessel presenting a two-tiered shape that incorporates zoomorphic and architectural elements i

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A charming stirrup vessel, hand-built from pottery, in the form of a seated owl. Highly burnished and adorned with soft cream and c

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A splendid hand-built pottery stirrup vessel with a bichrome finish in hues of umber and cream that displays a fascinating avian ic

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, Phase IV to V, ca. 500 to 850 CE. Both a bit terrifying and comical, a fine example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche s

Pre-Columbian, northwest coast Peru, Viru culture, ca. 100 BCE to 600 CE. A fabulous pottery double vessel comprised of 2 cylindrical chambers with rounded tops and bases connected via a tubular tunne