Description:

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 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 a rounded, broad-shouldered body that sits on a flat base. The shoulder is painted in the fine line style with a motif of a mythical warrior wearing a long, feathered cape that streams out behind him and a massive headdress capped by a huge curved axe form. He holds a mace and a shield. Size: 5.55" W x 11.5" H (14.1 cm x 29.2 cm)

Moche V was a time period of social unrest, with radical changes and shifting urban centers, but it is not clear what caused it - some environmental calamity? A plague? Bad leadership, invasion, some other political explanation? The iconography of the vessel, with its martial theme, was perhaps painted for someone involved in these changing times.

Provenance: private Copeland collection, Boulder, Colorado, USA, acquired before 1990

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  • Condition: Repaired and restored from multiple pieces. The handle is restored and repainted. Fineline delineated figures have some light overpaint, but most of the paint is original. Nice deposits on surface and preservation of motifs.

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