Delightful Huari Polychrome Vessel - Trophy Head

Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl with a round but stable base, convex walls, and a thin rim overhanging the deep basin. The highly burnished exterior is covered with a red-slipped ground, and vibrant orange, white, yellow, and black pigments are applied on top. The front features an abstract anthropomorphic face with protruding ears, a perky nose, semicircular eyes with arching brows above and scarification lines below, and an ovoid mouth, all beneath a black headband bedecked with yellow circles. Disembodied heads are a theme in Pre-Columbian indigenous Andean art, leading many to believe that they correspond to the taking of trophy heads from enemies. Size: 6.1" W x 3.55" H (15.5 cm x 9 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Florida, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, USA; ex-Eugene Lions collection, Geneve, Switzerland, collected from 1960s to 1980s

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#152607
Condition Report: Stabilization to one lengthy fissure stemming from rim. Small losses from the rim as well. Minor abrasions and fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations within basin. Light earthen deposits throughout.