Description:

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 350 to 550 CE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of a spherical form adorned with brick-red pigment atop a cream-hued ground. The spherical body displays a quartet of stylized, right-facing lizards with teardrop-shaped bodies, lengthy claws, narrow heads, and sinuous tails. The squat foot is slightly rounded but stable, and a stirrup-shaped handle arches from atop the shoulder and is surmounted by a gently flared spout. Size: 5.8" Diameter x 8.75" H (14.7 cm x 22.2 cm)

Provenance: ex Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998

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#165717

  • Condition: Repair and restoration to base of one handle terminal, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines but is well executed and nearly invisible. Minor abrasions and fading to original pigment. Great preservation to lizard motif around body.

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