Alcides Neo-Pre-Columbian Face Vessel
A hand-built South American earthenware vessel featuring Neo-Pre-Columbian styling. The globular piece is finished with a dark green or black slip coating and decorated with four stylized anthropomorphic faces in high relief. Each face displays swirling eyes, a prominent nose, and a horizontal slit mouth, all outlined with white stippled incisions that provide a stitched appearance. Alternating between the faces are reddish-brown circular motifs containing black spirals and a central stepped geometric chakana design with a black triangle. The shoulder of the pot is finished with a radial pattern of incised lines. The underside of the base features an incised signature consisting of the characters ALCIDES. Across widest point: 6.5 inches.
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A hand-built South American earthenware vessel featuring Neo-Pre-Columbian styling. The globular piece is finished with a dark green or black slip coating and decorated with four stylized anthropomorphic faces in high relief. Each face displays swirling eyes, a prominent nose, and a horizontal slit mouth, all outlined with white stippled incisions that provide a stitched appearance. Alternating between the faces are reddish-brown circular motifs containing black spirals and a central stepped geometric chakana design with a black triangle. The shoulder of the pot is finished with a radial pattern of incised lines. The underside of the base features an incised signature consisting of the characters ALCIDES. Across widest point: 6.5 inches.
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