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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 418605, member: 2844"]Welcome SweetSu.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a beautiful effigy or face vessel. I agree it is Peruvian, either pre-Columbian or a very nice replica. Is the bottom flat or rounded?</p><p><br /></p><p>The face is stylized like Chimú faces. Chimú is a later Moche fase, but their pottery is generally black, whereas Mochica, earlier Moche, is polychrome and the faces tend to be very realistic.</p><p>It could be Recuay, a Highland culture related to Moche. Recuay vessels have that more textured surface, but are usually much more intricate.</p><p>I would advise you to take it to an expert. Assessing whether pottery is pre-Columbian is a hands-on thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 418605, member: 2844"]Welcome SweetSu. It is a beautiful effigy or face vessel. I agree it is Peruvian, either pre-Columbian or a very nice replica. Is the bottom flat or rounded? The face is stylized like Chimú faces. Chimú is a later Moche fase, but their pottery is generally black, whereas Mochica, earlier Moche, is polychrome and the faces tend to be very realistic. It could be Recuay, a Highland culture related to Moche. Recuay vessels have that more textured surface, but are usually much more intricate. I would advise you to take it to an expert. Assessing whether pottery is pre-Columbian is a hands-on thing.[/QUOTE]
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