MOCHE SKELETAL VESSEL WITH TL

Description: A superb Moche Grayware terracotta figural skeletal vessel having a stirrup type spout. Depicting a seated skeletal figure holding a deer across his back. Expressive facial features with large round recessed eye sockets, a toothy grin, and exposed rib cage. Includes thermoluminescence certificate | Moche, Peru. 500-800 AC.

Condition: Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. Intact in excellent condition. 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: Private Arizona Collection, acquired from B. F. Private Collection - Scottsdale Arizona. Acquired 1960s-1980s. Dimensions: 21,60 cm.