Stirrup vessel: warrior, ca. 300-400 AD · Peru, Moche III- IV · ID: 3046567
Anna Maria Posset (1922-2018), Würzburg / Miltenberg, Germany (acquired between 1975 - 1985)
Description
fired clay/ ceramic, bicoloured (red decoration on a white/ cream background), rest.
The Moche were innovators on many political, ideological, and artistic levels. Moche skilled ceramists produced a great variety of exquisitely decorated vessels.
Moche society flourished on the north Peruvian coastal desert between the fourth and the eighth centuries A.D. Traditionally, Moche pottery is divided into five periods, Moche I to Moche V, according to the ceramic phases established by R. Larco Hoyle.
The object Stirrup vessel: warrior, ca. 300-400 AD with the object ID 3046567 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 145.
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Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).