Chimu Blackware Vessel Pair - Sican Deity Bottle & Feline Effigy Jar

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Lambayeque (Sican) and Chimu. Two Peruvian blackware vessels. The first is a Lambayeque, also called Sican, bottle with a tapered spout modeled as a dignitary wearing a peaked headdress and ear ornaments above a beaded collar, flanked by a pair of small modeled figures at the shoulder and spout. The second is a feline effigy jar of Moche-Chimu style, the body modeled as a jaguar head with rounded eyes, projecting ears, a broad snout and bared teeth. Item # 204284

Estimate:$200

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