MOCHE PAINTED "FLORERO" VESSEL WITH TL
Description: A superb mochica bichrome pottery "florero vessel". The outside and the inside are decorated with the same thematic. The interior appears decorated with 4 large , flying condors eating from offering plates. On the outside it can be seen how a warrior and a fantastic figure try to hunt a condor in flight. The fantasy creature has an anthropomorphic body, a crocodile head and a snake-like tail and horns. On the other side, there is a seated figure of a priest or cazique with aquiline nose who has caught another condor by the tail. Includes thermoluminescence certificate. Moche. North coast of Peru. 400-700 AC.
Condition: Some areas with repaint. Very fine condiition. Notes: The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested. This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Ex A.A Private Collection - Asturias, Spain. Through inheritance from his father R.A. Dimensions: 20,00 x36,00 cm.
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Description: A superb mochica bichrome pottery "florero vessel". The outside and the inside are decorated with the same thematic. The interior appears decorated with 4 large , flying condors eating from offering plates. On the outside it can be seen how a warrior and a fantastic figure try to hunt a condor in flight. The fantasy creature has an anthropomorphic body, a crocodile head and a snake-like tail and horns. On the other side, there is a seated figure of a priest or cazique with aquiline nose who has caught another condor by the tail. Includes thermoluminescence certificate. Moche. North coast of Peru. 400-700 AC.
Condition: Some areas with repaint. Very fine condiition. Notes: The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested. This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Ex A.A Private Collection - Asturias, Spain. Through inheritance from his father R.A. Dimensions: 20,00 x36,00 cm.
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