Fine Inca Blackware Figural Aryballos - Hunchback

Pre-Columbian, North Central Peru, Inca, ca. 1470 to 1523 CE. A superb example of a hand-built pottery aryballos with a narrow but stable base, a flared lower body, a bulbous upper body with a rounded shoulder, a pair of semicircular loop handles, and a projecting neck with a flared rim. Atop the shoulder is an effigy of an anthropomorphic figure with slender arms extending from narrow shoulders and a prominently hunched back bulge behind the cylindrical neck. The highly stylized countenance presents with puffy, almond-shaped eyes, a perky nose above deep nasolabial folds, and tab-shaped ears, all beneath a thick-brimmed 'headdress' which doubles as the vessel's rim. The highly burnished vessel exhibits a jet-black hue characteristic of quality Incan pottery artistry. Size: 7.7" W x 9.625" H (19.6 cm x 24.4 cm)

Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection acquired from Arte Xibalba, Florida, private Ross collection, Sarasota, FL before 1990

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#152025
Condition Report: Repair and restoration to small frontal area of rim, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor nicks and abrasions to base, body, handles, and neck, with softening to some figural details, and fading to areas of black color. Nice earthen deposits and great traces of original color throughout.