Salinar Pottery Double Portrait Rattle Vessel

**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche Valley, Salinar / Moche transition, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A striking double-portrait vessel presenting stylized expressions with well-delineated features including almond shaped eyes, protruding noses, cup-shaped ears, and slightly parted lips accented by a dark pigment. Below the rectangular plinth is the openwork base that reveals tiny balls that rattle when jostled. Size: 5.3" W x 4.70" H (13.5 cm x 11.9 cm)

The ancient Andean worldview was that of a hierarchy, a society in which everyone understood his or her role in society. When the Chavin culture declined in the north coast, small lordships that were in contact united and formed the Salinar culture, which began between 500 and 200 BCE and ended around 300 CE. This culture is the one that marked the transition between the Chavin culture and the advent of the Mochica culture. Salinarian ceramic presented a change from black ceramic to red ceramic with white paint.

Provenance: private S.H. collection, Santa Clara, California, USA, acquired 1995; ex-Folk Art International, San Francisco, California, USA

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Condition Report: Foot reattached to the base of vessel, and small area of repair to foot. Surface wear commensurate with use and age. Modern candle wax residue from modern use within one of the portrait’s cavity. Otherwise, excellent condition.