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INTRIGUING PRE-HISTORIC MOCHE FIGURAL BOTTLE FROM PERU browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492: item # 900475 Please refer to our stock # F1 when inquiring.
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| A TOTALLY INTRIGUING GLOBULAR ANTHROMORPHIC VESSEL CREATED BY THE MOCHE CULTURE OF ANCIENT PERU. This picturesque jar comes from the Northern Coast of Peru and dates from A.D.100-860. It stands eight and one half inches in height and measures five and one-half inches in diameter. A Moche male figure with an open spout sits perched atop a globular base. He has wide almond shaped eyes and wears a headpiece tightly wrapped around the forehead in the front and falling to a rounded base at the rear. The open areas are beautifully burnished and the lower part of the jar has a raised stippled motif. He sits with legs askew and clasped hands peering out into the distance. The round section of the jar most likely represents a squash or melon which is open to interpretation but most authorities seem to agree that figures perched upon vegetable-like forms acted as protectors of the harvest. However you choose to see him, he has great charm and presence and is in mint condition as well as having been masterfully designed and fabricated centuries ago. | ||
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