Erotic Vase, Chimú Culture, 11th-15th Century Ad

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Pre-Columbian funerary plastic vase in black ceramic with erotic decoration
Chimú culture (present-day Peru)
11th-15th century AD

Dimensions: H. 15 cm.

Condition report: restored neck, a lack on the neck and a lack on the head of one of the characters

Chimú ceramics were produced on the north coast of Peru, towards the end of the first millennium AD, from 1000 to 1470. The Chimú civilization was an important pre-Columbian civilization that succeeded the Moche culture in this region, from which it borrowed many decorative elements. Ritual ceramics were molded using a mold made of two pieces while domestic pottery was modeled by hand. Unlike Moche ceramics, whose clay retains a reddish color after firing, Chimú pottery is usually black. This color was achieved by reduction firing the pottery, which prevented oxygen from reacting with the clay and altering the iron molecules.