Chimu Culture 1000-1470
Portrait Head Vessel, Circa. 300 - 600 AD
Ceramic
15 cm high
6 in. high
545 grams.
6 in. high
545 grams.
CHI0022
Copyright of Paul Hughes Fine Arts
A blackware ceramic vessel in the form of a male head wearing a conical cap and large, discoid ear ornaments, semi-naturalistic features and strap handle to reverse.
A blackware ceramic vessel in the form of a male head wearing a conical cap and large, discoid ear ornaments, semi-naturalistic features and strap handle to reverse.
Publications
Quilter, J., The Moche of Ancient Peru, Media and Messages, Peabody Museum Press, 2010, p. 120, for a seated blackware Moche male and discussion of the production of black ware vessels within Moche and Chimu cultures;Parsons, L., Pre-Columbian Art, The Morton D. May and The Saint Louis Art Museum Collections, 1980, Harper and Row, p. 270, no. 416, for a almost identical example.
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