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Two stirrup fish vessels, c. 450 - 550 AD
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Lot 49
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Two stirrup fish vessels, c. 450 - 550 AD

Peru, Moche IV
sold EUR 1,800
Provenance
Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Munich, 20.09.2011, Lot 182 (a) & Lot 195 (b)
Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Description

ceramic,

a) fish stirrup vessel (creamy white dots on dark red ground), l: 24 cm, h: 22 cm

b) fish stirrup vessel (red dots on a creamy white ground), l: 24 cm, h: 24 cm

An important food source for local consumption and for inland trade, fish were also a frequent motif in Moche art, as realistic representations, as mythic monsters, or as scene-setting elements.

Comparing literature

Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1998, p. 109, ill. 42

Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).

America Pre-columbian

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