Chancay Figure, circa AD 1100 - 1400

Vincent L. Price, Los Angeles
Sotheby's, New York, November 15, 1994, lot 221, consigned by the estate of the above
Private Collection, acquired at the above auction

Known as "cuchimilco" figures, the tall abstract hollow female figures feature the white body and elegant sweep of the blackened eye mask and finely painted geometric face designs. The foreshortened arms always emphasize the cupped, darkened, flexed hands.