Ex Sotheby's Authentic Pre Columbian Artifact Inca Monkey Tuber Stirrup Jar T102

Museum quality. Red-brown and cream color pottery tuber form vessel having a stirrup type spout with a small monkey clinging to the chimney spout. Body decorated with relief bands of alternating color and has traces of a simple black triangular decoration. Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. Spout repaired from a few original pieces with some old restoration at the base of the chimney spout, otherwise intact.