Vessel ·  Peru, Huari · ID: 3036733

Description

fired clay, orange red coating, black paint, surmounted by a human head with revealed teeth, painted with various ornaments and small zoomorphic heads, headgear as spout, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
during the late Moche times, the Huari cultures began to develop. The Huari capital was to the south of Moche territory, in the central highlands of Peru.
There is no single, homogenous Huari style in ceramics. Instead, Huari pottery is found in a fairly wide range of local styles that feature certain similar imagery, often executed in polychrome slip painting that can be traced to Nasca ceramic technology.

The object Vessel with the object ID 3036733 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 99 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100 with an asking price of EUR 600.

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