Published Lambayeque (Sicán) Stirrup Jar

Culture: Lambayeque/North coast of Peru

Period: 900-1200 A.D.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 8.3 cm high

Price: 800 Euro

Ref: 11013

Provenance: Austrian private collection Prof. Josef M. (1938-1994) with the inventory number M 136. Acquired between 1960 and the early 1980s. Thence in the family estate. With a copy of the catalogue page.

Condition: An old restoration on one side of the body, otherwise very beautifully preserved.

Description: Published stirrup jar of the Lambayeque culture, which today increasingly is known as Sicán culture. The vessel stands on a flat base. The biconical body is slightly swaged, the shoulder flat and decorated with encircling red brown circles. In the upper part sits a high reaching stirrup, on its arms two applied frogs facing to the spout. The spout itself broadens towards the rim, handle, frog appliques and spout are also painted in red brown. Published in: Josef Mairitsch “Columbus am Wörthersee. Amerika vor Columbus.” Catalogue for the special exhibition of the cultural department of the state capital Klagenfurt on 1 June to 31 October 1992, page 102, no. 18.05.