Zemanek-Münster

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

Vendu 12 000 €
Provenance
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany

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”.


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).


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