Lot 259: ANTIQUITIES, Peru, Inca, Portrait Jar. ca. 1300 – 1500 AD.

ANTIQUITIES, Peru, Inca, Portrait Jar. ca. 1300 – 1500 AD. A choice Inca Portrait jar from Peru, ca. 1300 – 1500 AD. This rare upside-down example is 7-1/5” high depicts a distinctive individual with strong facial characteristics and sharp teeth exposed in the open mouth. He is wearing a complex necklace and matching ear ornaments. It was molded in this manner as the vessel would have been stored upside down when not in use and would have had the depicted individual facing the sky, when liquid was poured from it. Perfect.

• Offered By: VAuctions
• Lot #: 259
• Listing #: 220991
• Closed: Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:13:30 PM CT
• Estimate: $750