A Classic Chancay Peru, 1110-1470 CE, Spout-and-Handle Jar with Painted Geometric Motifs. # 1782.

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 emerge