Bowl; Huari Culture, Peru, AD 600-1000. Polychrome... Lot 16

Bowl; Huari Culture, Peru, AD 600-1000. Polychrome terracotta. Thermoluminescence attached. It is in a good state of preservation. Measurements: 6 x 16.5 cm. Bowl decorated with schematic rhomboid figures representing a zoomorphic figure characterised by wings. In the centre of the bottom, the polychrome figure acquires relief in such a way as to create a conical protuberance that follows the painted figure in a three-dimensional way. The Huari (or Wari) culture flourished in the central Andes between the 7th and 13th centuries AD, extending as far as the present-day Peruvian departments of Lambayeque, Arequipa and Cuzco. Their pottery, in constant evolution throughout the history of this culture, presents different styles, and includes all kinds of vessels and other objects, many of them zoomorphic or anthropomorphic, generally pieces for ceremonial use.Huari pottery was influenced by three cultures: the Nazca (varied polychromy), the Huarpa (construction techniques) and the Tiahuanaco (pictorial motifs). In fact, scholars claim that the Huari is the synthesis of these three Andean cultures. The oldest Huari pieces are large in size, with a clear Tiahuanaco influence, although little by little the objects became smaller and mass-produced. The characteristic motifs of Huari ceramics include symbolic brushstrokes, representations of animals, mythological beings and mythical beings with feline heads.