Brick-coloured engobed terracotta bottle painted in two colours (cream and reddish), flat base, side-bracket handle, moulded work, oxidising firing (presence of firing 'clouds'), The chamber depicts, in the round, a seated dignitary wearing a unku (shirt) decorated with Greek motifs and a cap.
Provenance: former Hermes Collection, Arezzo.
Present Hermes Antique Art and Expertise.
Published in "Treasures from the Andes, myths and realities of ancient Peru, Ecuador, Colombia" edited by Laura Laurencich Minelli, ed. Centro Europeo Mostre, 1993, p. 180 no. 130.