Huari Polychrome Olla w/ Face Mask & Jaguar

**Originally Listed At $650**

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A hand-built pottery olla of an intriguing form with a flat base, a bulbous body with a central carination, a sloped shoulder, and a thin rim overhanging the deep basin. The highly burnished, orange-slipped exterior is accentuated with an expressive face mask bearing a perky nose, a gaping mouth, and wild hemispherical eyes with broad grey and red stripes emanating from the peripheries. The reverse features an abstract jaguar with a sinuous tail, clawed limbs, and a triangular head with huge eyes. Size: 7.4" W x 6.4" H (18.8 cm x 16.3 cm)

Provenance: ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA; ex-Eugene Lions collection, Geneve, Switzerland, collected 1960-2000

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Condition Report: Professional repair to areas of shoulder and base, with light resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions to base, body, and rim, with light fading to original pigmentation, and minor encrustations within basin. Nice traces of original pigment throughout exterior.