Lot 1841
Colorful Vessel with Shaman in a Hut. Peru, Recuay, Northern Highlands, c. 100-700 AD. Polychrome terra-cotta, bridge- double-spouted vessel. Fashioned in a orange-buff ware, and painted with an orange slip, with patterned panels in black, red, and creme at front, sides, and back, the top and spouts in red with creme striping. Within the hut, a painted image of a seated man, rendered rather like a stick figure with large head. With typical repairs to handle and spouts, and repairs to hut supports -- otherwise vessel very fine. Height: 10-3/8". Interesting and colorful.
Estimated Value $750 - 950.
Among Peruvian ceramics, the Recuay never really developed the sophistication seen in the area's other cultures. Yet to the modern eye they nevertheless often convey a certain naive charm. Surprisingly they did excel in complex architectural vessels, often studded with multiple figures, and which are relatively common in their ceramics. Some of these may be analogous to West Mexican representations of the earthly and underworld realms.
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