Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Abstract Birds

**Originally Listed At $250**

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche culture, Phase IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery vessel with a flat base, a spherical body with a rounded shoulder, an arching, stirrup-shaped handle, and a cylindrical spout. The cream-slipped body is adorned with a pair of abstract avian creatures with elongated necks, sinuous crests, and bulbous beaks, one of which is adorned with brown stippled teeth. The creatures and handle bases are separated with thick swaths of red pigment, with bands of faded brown pigment forming a register of spirals and steps around the midsection, and a pair of stylized frogs adorn the curved handle shoulders. Size: 5.625" W x 8.2" H (14.3 cm x 20.8 cm).

Provenance: private California, USA collection

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#145736
Condition Report: Restoration and overpainting to spout with small chip to rim. Minor loss to bottom of body, with light fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigmentation throughout.