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CASAS GRANDES POTTERY JEWEL (A.D. 1030 to 1250)

WS001
A superb Ramos Polychrome jar with fantastic, strong paint. Nearly mint with a tiny chip on the rim, reglued.  No restoration.  Masterful linework. A classic early formative period jar.  This charming ceramic measures 5" high by 5 1/2" in diameter.  $750.00

AN IMPORTANT JIVARO CHICHA STORAGE JAR

LF-401
A huge and extremely rare Shuar Jivaro chicha storage jar with fugitive paint.  This is an extremely impressive pot from an old German collection recovered between 1948 and 1958.  This gorgeous ceramic is in excellent, intact condition.  23 ½” in diameter X 20” high.  $3500


AN ANTIQUE JIVARO INDIAN CHICHA STORAGE JAR
TAD-1201
A huge and extremely rare chicha storage jar.  This beautiful example is from an old German collection recovered between 1948 and 1958.  The lower neck with fugitive paint.  This impressive ceramic was lightly broken and restored.  A few rim sherds have been glued  in place.  22 ½” in diameter X 22” high.   $2000



A FINE JIVARO INDIAN BOWL
WS018 (left photo)

A beautiful deep bowl with fineline painting on the both the interior and exterior.  This ethnographic ceramic was collected in 1989 by an anthropologist on the Rio Pastaza in southeast Ecuador.  It is of Ashuara Jivaro origin from Umbaime Village.  A captivating ferocious insect is painted in the bottom.  The surface is covered with a natural resin glaze.  This delicate pottery has "eggshell" thin walls.  It is in mint condition and measures 6 3/8 inches in diameter by 3 1/8 inches deep.  SOLD

A UNIQUE HEADHUNTER POTTERY BOWL
WS089 (right photo)

An awesome and atypical ceramic chicha bowl painted with vigorous abstract designs on both the interior and exterior.  One wonders if the artist wasn't under the influence of the hallucinogenic ayahuasca drink.  There is a thick, natural resin glaze throughout.  This interesting piece was collected in 1989 by an American ethnographer on the Rio Pastaza in the rough montana of southeast Ecuador.  It is of original Ashuara Jivaro (headhunters) origin.  The bowl is nearly mint with the exception of a single, tiny chip on the rim.  This beautiful pottery bowl measures 6 inches in diameter and is 2 & three-quarters inches deep.  100.00 SOLD



AN IMPORTANT LAMBAYEQUE-CHIMU
STIRRUP BOTTLE

WS134

This is a fine and seemingly unique burnished blackware libation bottle from the far north coast of Peru attributed to the Lambayeque-Chimu cultural period (A.D. 700-1200) [A.D. 1000-1300, alternative dating].  These curious globular bottles with hollow, footed bases are not uncommon in the literature.  Like others, this one has the modeled image of a deity attributed to Naymlap, a legendary Lambayeque hero king.

Similar examples to this bottle can be found in the Arthur Sackler Collection (Art of the Andes: Pre-Columbian Sculptured and Painted Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1983, by Paul Clifford, et. al.).  Of some seven examples displaying the deity Naymlap, none is as ornately depicted as our piece.   The vessel measures 7 inches high and is 5 inches in diameter; the flared base is 3 & one-half inches in diameter.  This is a fine example of Lambayeque-Chimu pottery.  SOLD



The head of the figure (detail to left) forms the bottom portion of the nicely tapered spout of the vessel.  The eyes of the deity are typically slanted upward and his face is imbued with what were probably tattoos.  He dons a thick, denticulate headband and long, tasseled ear ornaments that hang down to his chest.  He wears no less than three collars or necklaces.  Erupting from his shoulders are a pair of thick, detailed celestial serpents (the double-headed sky serpent in ancient Andean cosmology and a heraldic emblem of Naymlap royalty).  Below each of the serpents are prone adoration figures with fan-shaped headdresses.   The base of the vessel is adorned with stair-stepped triangle designs that are uncommon for these bottles. 

 

Finally, the flat ribbon-like handle is surmounted by a pair of birds (toucans, hummingbirds or others), one of which appears to be feeding the other.  A smaller bird has its beak in that of a larger bird as if feeding from its mother.  This may be unique to Lambayeque-Chimu libation bottles depicting the deity Naymlap.  The ceramic is in very good condition with a single, cross-shaped crack on the body and sherd chips along one side of the footed base; the interior lip of the vessel also has a tiny chip.  There are light to medium salt and earthen deposits on the surface that have not yet been removed professionally. 


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