Two stirrup fish vessels, c. 450 - 550 AD · Peru, Moche IV · ID: 3049910
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).