WORTHINGTON FINE ART GALLERIES

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A handsome Chancay polychrome terracotta vessel.  The vessel is a single-handled spherical vessel painted with abstract geometric, bird and egg inspired designs, and decorated with an applied avian form opposite the handle.

Provenance: Ex- L. Story collection, Denver, CO acquired before 1965.  Includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

Condition Report: Small chips to rim and expected surface wear.

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

The Chancay were a pre-Columbian archeological civilization which developed between the valleys of Fortaleza, Pativilca, Supe, Huaura, Chancay, Chillón, Rimac and Lurin, on the central coast of Peru, from about CE 1000 to 1470.