Large Huari Figural vessel, Coastal region, Atarco style, ca. A.D. 500-700

This imposing and distinctive vessel is one of a pair, each showing a bound figure of high rank as seen by the specialized clothing including the four-cornered hat and tie-dyed tunic. The Wari and Tiwanaku were the political powers of Peru from AD 500-1000, with overlapping art styles and iconography. This particular large figural vessel style was known as a coastal Wari type from the Pachacamac region  (see Schmidt 1929:pl. 3, and pg. 283); see also Young-Sánchez (2004:158:fig. 6.5) for a vessel in the American Museum of Natural History; see also the suite of figural vessels Peru, Petit Palais (2006: figs. 146-148); see Katz (1983:276, fig. 10) for the mate to this vessel.

Edinburgh, Scotland, The City Art Centre, August 15- October 2, 1983

Charlottesville, Virginia, Bayley Art Museum, November 15, 1983- January 15, 1984

Lois Katz, ed,  Art of the Andes, Pre-Columbian Sculptured and Painted Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, D.C., 1983, pl. 151

Overall very good, appears intact but has flaked and worn areas of pigment on the back as shown. Some repair on the spout. Very good color and modeling.
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