Vase à étrier avec scène de sacrifice ·  Pérou, Moche · ID: 3047025

Description

fired clay/ ceramic, slip paint, inventory no. “1091607”, spout dam.

This vessel represents a mountain massif with five peaks. Between them, nine human sacrifices are arranged in relief, with a seated deity on the lower right, who attends the sacrificial rituals.

Mountains are considered sacred by many peoples of the earth. For their peaks represented the contact between heaven and earth - between the divine and the earthly, and they housed caves that were considered to be entrances to the underworld. For the Moche, too, the omnipresent mighty Andes were considered sacred and the Inca considered their peaks as deities “Apu”.

L’objet Vase à étrier avec scène de sacrifice avec l’ID d’objet 3047025 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 95e Vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 24 octobre 2020. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 57 a atteint un prix de vente de 12 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 2 000 €.

Vous trouverez ici d’autres objets et des informations utiles sur le thème Art américain et Art précolombien.

Expertise

Thermoluminescence Expertise, 14.06.1991, Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany

Littérature comparée

Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1998, p. 118

Remarques

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