Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 500 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery portrait vessel showing an amicable visage whose smile stretches across the face. The countenance consists of generously lidded, almond-shaped eyes beneath heavy brows, a prominent aquiline nose with flared nostrils, bulging cheeks above deep nasolabial folds, and a pointed chin with a labret piercing above a cream-striped neck band. The amusing portrait protrudes beneath a domed coiffure, and on top is a flared spout with a thick rim. Size: 5.125" W x 7.1" H (13 cm x 18 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. #173436