A Classic Chancay Peru, 1110-1470 CE, Spout-and-Handle Jar with Painted Geometric Motifs. # 1782.
$ 3,000.00
A Classic Chancay Peru, 1110-1470 CE, Spout-and-Handle Jar with Painted Geometric Motifs. # 1782.
Description: # 1782 A Classic Chancay Peru, 1110-1470 CE, Spout-and-Handle Jar with Painted Geometric Motifs. Globular jar with two vertically placed flat handles. The upper part has four panels showing double spirals. The spout of the vessel is painted with triangles.
Dimensions: 8" x 10"
Conditon: Very good given its age.
Provenance: For more details on this lot, refer to the following number in the link: num 112, p. 138
Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife - Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 138.
"History: Not much is known about the Chancay civilization which developed in the later part of the Inca empire. This culture emerged after the fall of the Wari civilization. Parts of the southern Chancay area were conquered by the Chimú in the early fifteenth century and in about 1450 A.D. the Incas were occupying both areas.[1] It is believed that the Chancay had a centralized political structure, forming a small regional state.[3] Thus the Chancay culture declined in the fifteenth century to make way for the territorial expansion of the Inca Empire.
Occupying the central coast coastal region of Peru, the Chancay were centered mostly in the Chancay and Chillón valleys, although they also occupied other areas such as the Rimac and Lurin valley areas. [2] The center of the Chancay culture was located 80 kilometers north of Lima. It is a desert region but has fertile valleys bathed by rivers and is rich in resources that allowed for, among other things, extensive agricultural development.
The Chancay developed intense trade relations with other regions, allowing them to interact with other cultures and settlements in a wide area.
