Inca Chucu Polychrome Plaque w/ Checkered Motif

Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved pottery plaque with rough peripheries, a convex verso with highly burnished surfaces, and a concave front face. Decorating the obverse are registers of repeating squares arranged diagonally in matte hues of red-orange, light orange, and pale salmon-pink as well as a metallic, steel-grey pigment that glints in the light. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 3.875" W x 4.25" H (9.8 cm x 10.8 cm).

Provenance: ex-private Dr. E. Lehr collection, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, acquired in the 1970s

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#151985 Dimensions: Condition Report: Minor nicks to peripheries and verso, with light fading to original pigment, and minor encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and great traces of original pigment throughout.