Lot 50
Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche IV or V, ca. 550 to 800 CE. A classic Moche form, a stirrup vessel, with a long, thin, cylindrical spout and equally elongated and thin sides of the stirrup handle above an apple-shaped body that sits on a flat base. The spout and handle are painted with a red-on-beige motif of what looks like the steps of pyramids. The body is painted in the fineline style with a series of seemingly disconnected images - animals, two warriors holding weapons and wearing elaborate headdresses, and cacti-like plants. Scattered around the image are ulluchu fruit, comma shaped and painted to have a grooved texture, which were probably used by the Moche during sacrifices to make it easier to extract blood from human sacrifices. Some of the animals, most of whom appear to be deer, bear wounds, as if they have been hunted; a lucky few roam free. Size: 5.45" W x 11.45" H (13.8 cm x 29.1 cm)
The iconography of the vessel puts it on the boundary between Moche IV and V - the human figures are more abstract, with distorted noses and mouths, than they would have been in Phases III and IV, but the subject, a deer hunt, is a popular one from Moche IV.
Provenance: private Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA collection acquired before 1995
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- Condition: Repaired/restored on lower part of body, but repairs are well done and almost impossible to see. Artwork is in excellent condition. Old accession stamp on the base that is almost entirely faded.
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