Stirrup-spout vessel in form of a cocoa bean · Peru, Moche · ID: 3036719
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Joris Visser, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch
Description
light beige clay, partly painted in red, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
effigies of edible food may have been placed in Moche burials for the nourishment of the dead, as offerings to lords of the other world, or in commemoration of a certain occasion.
Comparing literature
Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1998, p. 120 ff.