Moche Bi-chrome Stirrup Vessel - Man & Tuber God
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of an intriguing form with a flat base, a cream-slipped body with protruding lateral ends, and a stirrup-shaped handle bearing red-orange pigment and a cylindrical spout projecting from the center. The bulbous body depicts a stylized man in a crouching position during the transformational process of becoming an effigy of the Moche Tuber God. The man stares out to his left with wide eyes and has hemispherical nodules growing across his chest and sides, and the wavy presentation of his back suggests he is nearly completely transformed. The Tuber God was an important deity among ancient Peruvian cultures due to the vital importance of potatoes and other similarly grown foodstuffs, and creating effigy vessels like this example was thought to ensure and protect bountiful harvests. Size: 6.75" L x 4.6" W x 8.6" H (17.1 cm x 11.7 cm x 21.8 cm)
Provenance: private Washington, D.C., USA collection; ex-collection of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kissin, New York, New York, USA, acquired between 1950 and 1975; ex-Arte Primitivo e-Variety auction, New York, New York, USA (auction 91, February 28, 2008, lot 149)
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#151816 Dimensions: Condition Report: Minor abrasions to base, body, handle, and spout, with fading to areas of original pigment, small nicks to spout rim, and one stable fissure across face, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice craquelure to original pigment throughout.
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Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of an intriguing form with a flat base, a cream-slipped body with protruding lateral ends, and a stirrup-shaped handle bearing red-orange pigment and a cylindrical spout projecting from the center. The bulbous body depicts a stylized man in a crouching position during the transformational process of becoming an effigy of the Moche Tuber God. The man stares out to his left with wide eyes and has hemispherical nodules growing across his chest and sides, and the wavy presentation of his back suggests he is nearly completely transformed. The Tuber God was an important deity among ancient Peruvian cultures due to the vital importance of potatoes and other similarly grown foodstuffs, and creating effigy vessels like this example was thought to ensure and protect bountiful harvests. Size: 6.75" L x 4.6" W x 8.6" H (17.1 cm x 11.7 cm x 21.8 cm)
Provenance: private Washington, D.C., USA collection; ex-collection of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kissin, New York, New York, USA, acquired between 1950 and 1975; ex-Arte Primitivo e-Variety auction, New York, New York, USA (auction 91, February 28, 2008, lot 149)
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#151816 Dimensions: Condition Report: Minor abrasions to base, body, handle, and spout, with fading to areas of original pigment, small nicks to spout rim, and one stable fissure across face, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice craquelure to original pigment throughout.
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