MAN-SHAPED PACCHA - CHIMU CULTURE, PERU, C. 1000-1400 AD
MAN-SHAPED PACCHA - CHIMU CULTURE, PERU, C. 1000-1400 AD
Black fired clay
Chimu culture, Peru, c. 1000-1400 AD
Paccha in the form of a sitting man holding a jug in his hands, a vertical short spout with broad flared lip extends from the top. Probably used for the ritual watering of the fields.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 19 CM, MOUTH DIAMETER C. 9 CM
Condition: Repaired with breaklines visible, a hole to the bottom part
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Dr. Gottfried Eysank of Marienfels, Bad Sch?nau
1970, then property of Galerie Alt-Amerika in 2011