Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Inca, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery ritual watering vessel known as a paccha with a bulky trapezoidal body, a rounded but stable base, and a stepped upper platform upon which sits a stylized anthropomorphic trumpet player. Covered in brown and cream-hued pigment, the vessel body features a broad brown stripe as well as 5 abstract avian creatures in low relief, 1 on the front and a row of 4 on the verso. Beneath the verso of the body is a petite spout from a priest would pour water across the fields as a fertility ritual. The trumpet player sits with bent knees beneath a lengthy tunic while holding the mouthpiece of a trumpet to pursed lips; a cylindrical spout with a flared rim doubles as the musician's cap. Size: 5.1" W x 8.4" H (13 cm x 21.3 cm) Provenance: ex-Splendors of the World, Haiku, Hawaii, USA, before 2010 All 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. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #173443