Blackware CHIMU or MOCHICA face jug
FIGURAL PRE-COLUMBIAN BLACKWARE VESSEL
(libation jug), PERU,
CHIMU or MOCHICA, 1200 - 1500.
Face, hands, slightly flared vertical spout, strap handle;
'equator", round base, slightly flattened. Overall surface wear, shallow chip and crack to handle
Height : 7" x 5" x 5"
Provenance : inherited from a professor in the area around Peru's Jequetapeque (or "Oquetapeque") valley, according to the client, his stepson, who recalls time spent there in 1978 and 1963
# j mlls 17001 .............................................................................SOLD
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