A few examples of appraisal values for
MOCHE

• TWO MOCHE FIGURAL VESSELSTwo
  TWO MOCHE FIGURAL VESSELSTwo Moche Figural Vessels, circa 200-700 A.D.; the animal figure: 7 x 7 1/2 x 4 in. (17.8 x 19.1 x 10.2 cm.), the other: 7 1/2 x 6 x 5 in. (19.1 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm.) Condition:
• A North coast Peruvian stirrup
  A North coast Peruvian stirrup vessel, Mochica (Moche) culture, circa 200-600 AD, in the form of a seated warrior holding a club, 23cm high/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Collection
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE POTTERY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE POTTERY PRISONER FORM VESSEL Pre-Columbian, Moche / Mochica, Peruvian, circa 200 to 700 CE, ceramic pottery vase in the form of a prisoner figure with a rope around his neck and hands bound behind his back. 8.25" H x 5.25" W x 4" D. Provenance: Property from a 239 Central Park West estate. Acquired prior to 1980.
• 2 PRE COLUMBIAN MOCHE STANDING
  2 PRE COLUMBIAN MOCHE STANDING FIGURE & VASE South America,100 BCGroup includes standing Moche figure and small vase, culture unknown.
• A North coast Peruvian effigy
  A North coast Peruvian effigy jar, later Mochica (Moche) culture, circa 500-900 AD, in the shape of a maize god, his face looking out from a giant corn cob, the neck of the jar above, 24.2cm high, (some surface losses)/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Collection
• MOCHE POTTERY FIGURAL FACE
  MOCHE POTTERY FIGURAL FACE VESSELMoche pottery figural face vessel, 7 1/2" h.; together with a South American pottery human effigy vessel, probably Chilean, 7" h. Provenance: From the family of Wilmar Sick, Baltimore, Maryland. Condition: Moche - small rim chip. Other - as found.
• MOCHICA OR LAMBAYEQUE EARTHENWARE
  MOCHICA OR LAMBAYEQUE EARTHENWARE EFFIGY VESSEL Pre-Columbian Mochica / Moche (100-700 CE) or Sican Lambayeque (750-1375), Peruvian, earthenware pottery effigy vessel with remnants of polychrome paint, the handled form decorated with figures and birds, incised geometric border to round foot, "Margo Antiques / Authentic Antique" label to underside. 7.25" H x 4.5" W x 4.25" D.
• PROBABLY PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN
  PROBABLY PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN MOCHE POTTERY VESSELDESCRIPTION: A probably pre-Columbian peruvian moche soldier pottery vessel with figural face in relief, narrow stirrup spout and handle. CIRCA: 20th Century, possibly older ORIGIN: Peru. DIMENSIONS: W:5 1/2 " H: 7 1/2". Have a similar item to sell? Contact: Info@Akibaantiques.com. CONDITION: Antique condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS(305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission."
• IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND
  IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND PRISONER VESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A dramatic pottery vessel of a bound prisoner shown nude. Limbs spread and tied with ropes to a wooden grate, the tormented figure displays a slender body with thick legs, attenuated arms, a recessed navel, and delineated genitalia. His huge head is turned towards the heavens, presenting an expressive visage of sunken, almond-shaped eyes, a petite, up-turned nose, and a wide mouth with 2 rows of tab-shaped teeth and a protruding tongue. Naturalistic ears flank his face, sitting just below the arching hairline of his lengthy coiffure that falls down his back. The top of his head exhibits an annular rim, leading to the hollow interior of the vessel, while an additional plank is shown on the verso. The entirety of the piece is enveloped in red pigment, while creamy beige slip adorns the ropes, the prisoner's teeth, and ends of the planks comprising the grate. Size: 8.1" W x 11" H (20.6 cm x 27.9 cm) Battles, captives, and executions are common themes in Moche art and warfare, often waged between competing Moche groups, involved the ritual execution of prisoners. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "In Moche art prisoners are often shown stripped of their clothing and other power attributes, such as weapons, headdresses, and earspools, as a sign of their defeat (Donnan and McClelland, 1999). Often prisoners with ropes around their necks and hands tied behind their backs are depicted being paraded by warriors." Cf. Ethnological Museum of the State Museums in Berlin, 17575 and 48078. Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, USA, "2019 June 25 Ethnographic Art: American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature Auction - Dallas #5412," lot 70319; ex-Robert and Carolyn Nelson collection; ex-David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, New York, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #170469 Condition: Repairs to proper right foot and plank, right arm and plank, and small area of rim. Expected nicks, abrasions, and a few minor chips. Areas of fire darkening. Otherwise, excellent with nice remaining pigments.
• TRIBAL: MOCHE POTTERY DOLL, C.
  TRIBAL: MOCHE POTTERY DOLL, C. 600 AD, MOLD-MADE, WEARING A HEADDRESS AND NECKLACE, DOES NOT STAND WITHOUT ASSISTANCE, WEAR CONSISTE...TRIBAL: Moche Pottery Doll, c. 600 AD, mold-made, wearing a headdress and necklace, does not stand without assistance, wear consistent with age and use, 6 1/2" h.
• Moche stirrup Peruvian vessel
  Moche stirrup Peruvian vessel depicting two serpents in relief along with serpents and other zoological figures in pigment; overall good condition, age wear, minor chip to rim, some loss to pigment, some loss to glaze; L 4 1/2" W 4 1/2" H 8 1/2" (Approx.)
• Pre-Columbian Style Mochica
  Pre-Columbian Style Mochica Fertility VesselPeru possibly circa 300- 500 A. D. ceramic brown ware with creme and red-brown polychrome highlights the cubic body surmounted by a copulating pair the woman holding a baby to her side.8.5 in.Intact with very good paint retention.The collection of a retired U. S. Foreign Service officer purchased for $500 in 1972 from Buenos Aires antiquity firm Kramer Arte Primitivo. The original invoice and description is included wtih the lot.
• A Peruvian bird vessel,
  A Peruvian bird vessel, pre-Columbian, Moche or Chimu cultures, circa 800-1200 AD, in the form of an owllike bird with strongly moulded face and simple wings at the side of the vessel, a tubular spout and strap handle at the top, in red clay covered with a light slip, 18cm high/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Collection
• MOCHE BLACK EARTHENWARE EFFIGY
  MOCHE BLACK EARTHENWARE EFFIGY JAR Northern Coast of Peru, circa 100 - 700 A.D.; rounded human form with stylized arms and legs, rib cage and spine more carefully modeled on the back, and with more naturalistic face on the neck, 10 1/8 in. H., about 7 in, Diam.
• PERU MOCHE RIVER VALLEY BLACKWARE
  PERU MOCHE RIVER VALLEY BLACKWARE SQUASH FORM WITH BIRD HEAD Mohica IV Culture, 500-300 BC, north coastal Peru, Moche River Valley. Tirruo handle centered on spout. 9 1/4" tall, foot chips.
• TWO ASSORTED MOCHE FIGURAL
  TWO ASSORTED MOCHE FIGURAL VESSELSTwo Assorted Moche Figural Vessels, the tallest (14 in. high), the other (7 in. high) Condition: each as-is, not all pieces retained
• THREE EROTIC MOCHE VESSELSThree
  THREE EROTIC MOCHE VESSELSThree Erotic Moche Vessels, each unsigned; the grey glazed, 6 x 7 x 3 1/2 in. (15.2 x 17.8 x 8.9 cm.), the black glazed, 7 x 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (17.8 x 19.1 x 9.5 cm.), the red glazed, 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (14.6 x 19.1 x 9.5 cm.) Condition:
• MOCHE BIRD-FORM BRIDGE-SPOUT VESSEL
  MOCHE BIRD-FORM BRIDGE-SPOUT VESSEL Northern Coast of Peru, circa 800 A.D; (accompanied by a thermoluminescent test report setting the age at 950 years, with 20% range): Depicting an owlish bird with tapered spout and bridge handle; red earthenware with tan slip decoration, 7 1/8 in. H., 7 3/4 in. L., and 4 1/2 in. W.
• PERUVIAN FIGURAL VESSEL Standing
  PERUVIAN FIGURAL VESSEL Standing Figure of a Warrior, Mochica, circa 1200 AD. 12" tall. Reassembled.
• MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT
  MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT VESSEL OF A LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord with a naturalistic visage crowned by a jaguar headdress. The Moche of northern Peru may be the only ancient culture of the Americas that produced true portrait vessels. In fact, scholars have been able to follow the progression of age and rank of several individuals portrayed in Moche pottery. This example presents heavy-lidded, almond-shaped eyes, a curved nose, and thin libs, all flanked by a pair of huge, annular earspools. The fierce head of a jaguar projects from his headband with large paws raised on either side, as though ready to attack. A chinstrap rests below the pointed chin, along with a beaded necklace, as a stirrup spout rises from the shoulder-length hair. An outstanding Moche lord portrait vessel with a veristic countenance, adorned in a manner that is opulent and highly symbolic! Size: 5.75" W x 10.25" H (14.6 cm x 26 cm) Jaguar imagery symbolized power and might throughout the Pre-Columbian world. Warriors, rulers, hunters, and shamans alike associated themselves with this king of beasts, the largest and most powerful feline in the New World. In addition, the principal Moche god Ai Apec wears a headdress adorned with a jaguar head and paws, and important mortals like the gentleman depicted in this example donned similar headdresses. A nocturnal animal, the jaguar sleeps in caves and dark places and creeps quietly in the forest, evoking great mystery. Oddly enough, few Moche artists would have actually scene jaguars as they are not indigenous to the coast. Jaguars prefer moist forest conditions. However, scholars believe that some cubs were transported over the mountains for Moche rituals and it is also possible that some jaguars wandered down the coast. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #179869 Condition: Professionally repaired and restored with some repainting in areas, all very well done with indecipherable break lines. Some minor nicks and abrasions as well as a few small chips to peripheries as shown.
• MOCHICA, NORD COAST PERU, 100-300
  MOCHICA, NORD COAST PERU, 100-300 AD Miniature Figure in Lapus Lazuli, depicting a Lord King. 1 1/2" tall, excluding museum stand.
• TWO MOCHE/CHIMU POTTERY FIGURAL
  TWO MOCHE/CHIMU POTTERY FIGURAL PORTRAIT VESSELSTwo Moche/Chimu pottery figural portrait vessels, 6 1/2" and 6 3/4" h. Provenance: From the family of Wilmar Sick, Baltimore, Maryland. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Dark example - Chip to shoulder. Other - lacking handle/spout.
• MOCHE POTTERY FIGURAL CACTUS
  MOCHE POTTERY FIGURAL CACTUS JARPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A mold-formed and highly burnished pottery jar of a tall, ovoid form with a flat base, a bulbous body, and a head-shaped neck. The body is covered with dozens of nubbin nodules representative of cactus needles, and the middle edges are smooth to the touch. The face presented on the vessel's neck exhibits almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and tab-shaped ears, and the slightly flared headdress resting atop the brow doubles as the vessel's spout and rim. Size: 5.3" W x 6.9" H (13.5 cm x 17.5 cm) Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection; ex-private Houston, Texas, USA, collection, acquired before 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167348 Condition: Small chips to areas of obverse shoulder, proper left ear, and rim, with softening to some finer details, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to overall form. Old inventory labels beneath base.
• FINE MOCHE POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
  FINE MOCHE POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL SKULL HEADPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of relatively spherical form depicting a stylized human skull laying on its proper right side. The skinless skull exhibits protruding eyelids or emphasized orbitals and cheekbones, slit-form nostrils, bared teeth and gums, and deep nasolabial folds, perhaps as if not all of the skin was removed from the bone. The highly-burnished vessel has its handle and spout covered in russet-hued slip, though most of the body has its underlying buffware surface exposed. A charming yet macabre example of fine Moche artistry! Size: 5.7" L x 5.6" W x 8.2" H (14.5 cm x 14.2 cm x 20.8 cm) Provenance: private Hawaii collection, acquired 2000 to 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #179821 Condition: Restoration to areas of spout rim, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions and fading to surface pigment, with light earthen deposits, otherwise in excellent condition. Great preservation to skull details. Previous inventory label beneath base.
• A large Mexican pottery head
  A large Mexican pottery head fragment, pre-Columbian, possibly Veracruz culture, circa 300-600 AD, the male head with a modelled moustache and mouth open slightly to show pointed teeth, 26cm high/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Collection
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE TERRACOTTA
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE TERRACOTTA FIGURAL STIRRUP JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: modeled with the face of a jaguar on one side; burnished earthenware, 7 7/8 in. H.
• MOCHE IV POLYCHROME STIRRUP -
  MOCHE IV POLYCHROME STIRRUP - EROTIC COUPLE, EX-ARTEPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. Bow chicka wow wow! A steamy pottery stirrup vessel depicting a couple in the erotic act of copulation. The Moche created erotic huacos throughout their 800-year period, resulting in the longest unbroken erotic ceramics tradition in the world, truly unique in the history of mankind. In addition to sexual acts, the Moche used pottery to represent depictions of hermaphroditism and androgyny as well as venereal disease and health conditions such as hemorrhoids. Yes, perhaps this is a bit more information than you wish to hear. However, the Moche deemed it important to record and teach about all aspects of their lives through their art. Due to the level of explicitness of these vessels, as seen in this example, scholars have suggested that this level of explicitness was intended to be didactic rather than solely titillating. Size: 8.2" L x 4" W x 8.1" H (20.8 cm x 10.2 cm x 20.6 cm) Provenance: ex-private Schuetz collection, Florida, USA; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, October 13th, 2021, lot 317; ex-private West Virginia, USA collection, acquired late 1960s to early 1970s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175155 Condition: Professionally repaired with areas of expert restoration. A few minor chips, as well as nicks and abrasions to surface, commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with great remaining pigments. Old collection labels on base.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: decorated with a five-pointed star and highly stylized bird forms, repeated on either side; earthenware with ochre slip painted on a tan slip ground; 10 3/8 in. H.
• PERU EARLY MOCHE HEAD EFFIGY
  PERU EARLY MOCHE HEAD EFFIGY Transitional Red Clay Stirrup form vessel with ancestral portrait, burnished terra cotta, 8 3/4".
• MOCHE LOMA NEGRA COPPER MASK
  MOCHE LOMA NEGRA COPPER MASK POWERFUL LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Loma Negra region, Moche culture, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A stunning gilt copper funerary mask inlaid with white shells and blue lapis pupils! The copper sheet is hammered and cut into a forward-facing visage of a powerful lord, his head adorned in an openwork headdress with wavy flanges and animal heads. Lappets or earrings frame the sides, and remains of copper rivet wires throughout indicate there were once dangling ornaments that further accented this opulent mask. The stone eyes stare impassively forward above a wide repousse nose, impressed nasolabial lines, and thin mouth that define this portraiture. Masks were laid over/incorporated into mummy bundles of the face of important members of the society to give them a face and gilt copper and semi-precious stones denoted rank in the afterlife. Size: 7.5" L x 0.2" W x 6.5" H (19 cm x 0.5 cm x 16.5 cm); 8.5" H (21.6 cm) on included custom stand; gold quality 11.5% to 15.3%; weight: 86.6 grams For a similar example of this funerary mask please see the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website, accession number: 1979.206.1278 Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, before 2010; ex-Eugene Lions collection, Geneve, Switzerland, collected 1960 to 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #173428 Condition: Professionally repaired, with adhesive to tears along outer periphery of left animal head and earring. Age commensurate surface wear and chipping to gilt surface and abrasions. Overall excellent and in choice condition. Areas of green patina and missing dangling ornaments.
• MOCHE POTTERY HANDLED VESSEL WITH
  MOCHE POTTERY HANDLED VESSEL WITH DANCERSMoche pottery handled vessel with dancers, 8 1/2" h. Provenance: From the family of Wilmar Sick, Baltimore, Maryland. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Small rim chips.
• LARGE MOCHE COPPER DISC PECTORAL W/
  LARGE MOCHE COPPER DISC PECTORAL W/ REPOUSSE FACE**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 to 800 CE. An incredible copper disc that may have been worn as a pectoral, the three-dimensional head of a lord projecting from its face. A pair of holes through the upper edges may have enabled this ornament to be sewn to cloth or suspended from a cord like a massive pendant. The purpose of these massive discs is unclear, and it has been proposed they acted as banner medallions, or shield bosses, although maybe ritualistic shields rather than battle. Size: 10" Diameter (25.4 cm); 14" H (35.6 cm) on included custom stand. We know that the Moche wore impressive garments and headdresses decorated with copper. The use of copper suggests that this belonged to a nobleman or woman; gold and silver were reserved for royalty. For the Moche, precious metal was not a currency used to exchange goods, but rather a material used to display power and perform religious rituals - often one and the same activity. Metals were associated with the supernatural realm, thought to be created by the gods. Provenance: private Hawaii collection, acquired 2000 to 2010; ex-Eugene Lions Collection, Geneva, 1950 - 1980. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #177493 Condition: Professionally repaired and restored. Infill with new material along 2 break lines radiating from rim to rim. Chips and nicks to peripheries. Surface abrasions and chips to layers. Intact without restoration. Green patina and mineral deposits as shown.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN CHIMU PERUVIAN
  PRE-COLUMBIAN CHIMU PERUVIAN MOCHE BLACKWARE FIGURAL VE...DESCRIPTION: Pre-Columbian Chimu Peruvian Moche Blackware Figural Vessel. Front lobe depicts a seated man (lord or shaman) holding his hands on his lap, wearing a long tunic and hat connected by a bridge handle. The man has well-modeled facial features, which are very fine to the touch, including the eyes, nose, mouth, raised rings around the eyes. ORIGIN: Peru DIMENSIONS: H: 7 1/4" W" 6" CONDITION: Good antique condition. Small hole on right bottom side. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS 305-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL -
  MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL - PORTRAIT HEAD FORMPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a hand-built pottery vessel with a planar base, a head-shaped body, and a stirrup-shaped handle surmounted by a cylindrical spout. Highly burnished and presented in hues of red- orange, brown, and russet, the endearing face peers forward with large, almond-shaped eyes centered by a prominent nose which perhaps held additional ornamentation at one time. Broad linear facial tattoos course across his cheeks, lips, and chin to create an intimidating guise worthy of the Moche warrior class or elite. A thick brow band stretches across his forehead, and stripes adorn his coiffure. Size: 10.5" H (26.7 cm) Cf. The Museo Larco, accession number ML018883. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private T.G. collection, Williston, Florida, USA, acquired in 2000; ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #173295 Condition: Spout repaired and reattached, with stable fissure in front lower portion of spout. Minor abrasions and fading to pigment, otherwise in excellent condition with great preservation to facial features. Old collection label on underside or reverse.
• MOCHE BI-CHROME STIRRUP VESSEL W/
  MOCHE BI-CHROME STIRRUP VESSEL W/ WAVESPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to Phase IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A classic bi-chrome stirrup vessel decorated with a rolling two-tiered tidal wave. The vessel's playful design is delineated by a rich red slip with a comforting cream color that completes its refined presence. An intriguing silhouette to a minimalist iteration of a prevalent Moche terracotta. Moche vessels were mold-made and, despite their diversity, reveal standardized shapes and decoration. Stirrup-spout vessels like these were among the few typologies that allowed artists the freedom to express figurative and more complex painted scenes. Size: 4" Diameter x 9" H (10.2 cm x 22.9 cm). Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to1960s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #164583 Condition: Fully intact. Surface wear commensurate with age. Sheen is lustrous with paint pigments in exceptional condition.
• A Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout
  A Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Pottery Vessel c. 300-600 Moche IV/V red on buff globular body painted with a procession of two warriors and their neck-tied captives height 11 1/4 in. Provenance: Stephenson Collection Hawaii; Sotheby's New York May 15 2003 lot 270; to present owner.