Pre Colombian Rare/Large Chancay Pottery Olla-Serpents and Human, #911 Reserved for Christiane

Pre Columbian Rare/Large PotteryChancay Olla-Serpents and Human911. Description: Pre-Columbian, central coast (near Lima), Chancay, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. Large rounded olla painted in white and dark brown with a two-headed serpent on each side, human figure prone across the top playing his pan pipes, his hat acts as the spout to the vessel A very fun vessel not often found in this style. Size: 12-1/2"H x 11" in diameter. Provenance: Ex-P. Haig collection, Rochester, MNAll items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Condition: Intact and excellent. History: There is 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 Chim̼ in the early fifteenth century and in about 1450 A.D. the Incas were occupying both areas.[1]