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PRE COLUMBIAN MOCHE WARRIOR STIRRUP VESSEL

• A North coast Peruvian stirrup
  A North coast Peruvian stirrup vessel, Mochica (Moche) culture, circa 200-600 AD, in the form of a seated warrior holding a club, 23cm high/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Collection
• A Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout
  A Pre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Pottery Vessel c. 300-600 Moche IV/V red on buff globular body painted with a procession of two warriors and their neck-tied captives height 11 1/4 in. Provenance: Stephenson Collection Hawaii; Sotheby's New York May 15 2003 lot 270; to present owner.
• MOCHE POTTERY SKELETAL FIGURE
  MOCHE POTTERY SKELETAL FIGURE STIRRUP VESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A fabulous pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a figure with a globular body and a skeletal visage, all adorned in creamy beige and burnt sienna slip. Wearing a flattened cap that ties beneath his head, the dramatic figure displays a countenance not unlike that of a jack-o-lantern featuring a malicious, toothy grin, a recessed nose, and deep-set, slanted eyes as he juts forth his prominent pointed chin. A pair of annular earspools flank his face just in front of a shoulder-length coiffure, while a cloak fastens at his chest, draping atop a short-sleeved tunic. Shown in relief, his attenuated arms bend before him, adorned in thick wrist cuffs. He holds a petite cup in his left hand and points to the vessel with his right, inviting the viewer to ponder what otherworldly libation he imbibes and perhaps even summoning us to join him in consuming the ancient potion. Size: 4.9" Diameter x 8.9" H (12.4 cm x 22.6 cm) A tubular stirrup spout rises from the back of his head, arching outward to double as a handle, and then ending at his posterior as the vessel sits upon a planar, discoid base. Representing death, these beings were the main characters in the World of the Dead. The skeletons of sacrificed prisoners were reassembled for the performance of the rituals that took place in this world. At other times, real individuals were intentionally mutilated to appear as skeletons, with their ears, eyelids, nose, and lips excised. In this state they accompanied the Ruler, standing guard over his tomb, taking part in processions. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Bill Freeman collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, before 2013 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #171642 Condition: Professionally repaired with restoration over break lines and some repainting. Chip to spout and verso of head. A few minor nicks in areas. Otherwise, excellent with great remaining pigments.
• Moche stirrup Peruvian vessel
  Moche stirrup Peruvian vessel depicting two serpents in relief along with serpents and other zoological figures in pigment; overall good condition, age wear, minor chip to rim, some loss to pigment, some loss to glaze; L 4 1/2" W 4 1/2" H 8 1/2" (Approx.)
• MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT
  MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP PORTRAIT VESSEL OF A LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord with a naturalistic visage crowned by a jaguar headdress. The Moche of northern Peru may be the only ancient culture of the Americas that produced true portrait vessels. In fact, scholars have been able to follow the progression of age and rank of several individuals portrayed in Moche pottery. This example presents heavy-lidded, almond-shaped eyes, a curved nose, and thin libs, all flanked by a pair of huge, annular earspools. The fierce head of a jaguar projects from his headband with large paws raised on either side, as though ready to attack. A chinstrap rests below the pointed chin, along with a beaded necklace, as a stirrup spout rises from the shoulder-length hair. An outstanding Moche lord portrait vessel with a veristic countenance, adorned in a manner that is opulent and highly symbolic! Size: 5.75" W x 10.25" H (14.6 cm x 26 cm) Jaguar imagery symbolized power and might throughout the Pre-Columbian world. Warriors, rulers, hunters, and shamans alike associated themselves with this king of beasts, the largest and most powerful feline in the New World. In addition, the principal Moche god Ai Apec wears a headdress adorned with a jaguar head and paws, and important mortals like the gentleman depicted in this example donned similar headdresses. A nocturnal animal, the jaguar sleeps in caves and dark places and creeps quietly in the forest, evoking great mystery. Oddly enough, few Moche artists would have actually scene jaguars as they are not indigenous to the coast. Jaguars prefer moist forest conditions. However, scholars believe that some cubs were transported over the mountains for Moche rituals and it is also possible that some jaguars wandered down the coast. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010 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 and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #179869 Condition: Professionally repaired and restored with some repainting in areas, all very well done with indecipherable break lines. Some minor nicks and abrasions as well as a few small chips to peripheries as shown.
• TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE POTTERY
  TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE POTTERY STIRRUP VESSELSPeruvian. Moche Portrait Stirrup bottle also known as the Huaco Retrato Mochica. 10 in. high. 5.5 in. wide. Together with a Moche Stirrup bottle with warring figures. 7.5 in. high. 7.25 in. wide
• TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY
  TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN POTTERY VESSELSTwo Pre-Columbian pottery vessels, to include a Moche culture stirrup vessel with double human figures, 8 1/2" h.; and a South American polychromed bird jar, 5 3/4" h. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Moche - large crack through bottom extending upwards to handle, small chips to spout. Jar - minor surface abrasions.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: decorated with a curvilinear band around the mid-section, hammer or adze forms around the shoulder; earthenware with ochre-red slip and tan design, 8 7/8 in. H.
• PROBABLY PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN
  PROBABLY PRE-COLUMBIAN PERUVIAN MOCHE POTTERY VESSELDESCRIPTION: A probably pre-Columbian peruvian moche soldier pottery vessel with figural face in relief, narrow stirrup spout and handle. CIRCA: 20th Century, possibly older ORIGIN: Peru. DIMENSIONS: W:5 1/2 " H: 7 1/2". Have a similar item to sell? Contact: Info@Akibaantiques.com. CONDITION: Antique condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS(305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission."
• MOCHE POTTERY EFFIGY STIRRUP VESSEL
  MOCHE POTTERY EFFIGY STIRRUP VESSEL Pre-Columbian, Peru, a bichrome vessel in the form of a frog or toad, 7"h x 6"l x 4.5"w
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: decorated with a five-pointed star and highly stylized bird forms, repeated on either side; earthenware with ochre slip painted on a tan slip ground; 10 3/8 in. H.
• MOCHE BI-CHROME STIRRUP VESSEL W/
  MOCHE BI-CHROME STIRRUP VESSEL W/ WAVESPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to Phase IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A classic bi-chrome stirrup vessel decorated with a rolling two-tiered tidal wave. The vessel's playful design is delineated by a rich red slip with a comforting cream color that completes its refined presence. An intriguing silhouette to a minimalist iteration of a prevalent Moche terracotta. Moche vessels were mold-made and, despite their diversity, reveal standardized shapes and decoration. Stirrup-spout vessels like these were among the few typologies that allowed artists the freedom to express figurative and more complex painted scenes. Size: 4" Diameter x 9" H (10.2 cm x 22.9 cm). Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to1960s 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #164583 Condition: Fully intact. Surface wear commensurate with age. Sheen is lustrous with paint pigments in exceptional condition.
• MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL -
  MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL - PORTRAIT HEAD FORMPre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a hand-built pottery vessel with a planar base, a head-shaped body, and a stirrup-shaped handle surmounted by a cylindrical spout. Highly burnished and presented in hues of red- orange, brown, and russet, the endearing face peers forward with large, almond-shaped eyes centered by a prominent nose which perhaps held additional ornamentation at one time. Broad linear facial tattoos course across his cheeks, lips, and chin to create an intimidating guise worthy of the Moche warrior class or elite. A thick brow band stretches across his forehead, and stripes adorn his coiffure. Size: 10.5" H (26.7 cm) Cf. The Museo Larco, accession number ML018883. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private T.G. collection, Williston, Florida, USA, acquired in 2000; ex-Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #173295 Condition: Spout repaired and reattached, with stable fissure in front lower portion of spout. Minor abrasions and fading to pigment, otherwise in excellent condition with great preservation to facial features. Old collection label on underside or reverse.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: decorated in horizontal bands with fine-line geometric pattern; earthenware with tan slip and ochre-red design; 7 1/2 in. H.
• PERU EARLY MOCHE HEAD EFFIGY
  PERU EARLY MOCHE HEAD EFFIGY Transitional Red Clay Stirrup form vessel with ancestral portrait, burnished terra cotta, 8 3/4".
• CONTEMPORARY MOCHE POTTERY
  CONTEMPORARY MOCHE POTTERY STIRRUP VESSELContemporary Moche pottery stirrup vessel, of an upside down man in the mountain, 7 5/8" h. Provenance: The Estate of Alfred Laverne Bush, curator of Western Americana at the Princeton University Library. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot. Condition: Good condition. No apparent damages or repairs.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE TERRACOTTA
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE TERRACOTTA FIGURAL STIRRUP JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: modeled with the face of a jaguar on one side; burnished earthenware, 7 7/8 in. H.
• MOCHE BLACKWARE SEATED FIGURAL
  MOCHE BLACKWARE SEATED FIGURAL STIRRUP VESSEL**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished blackware pottery vessel depicting a seated figure wearing a hooded poncho with a blanket underneath. The figure sits with incised hands grasping both knees to keep his or her upper body upright, and the feet peek out from beneath the blanket. Almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and shallow nasolabial folds flanking the thin mouth comprise the visage, and projecting from the stirrup-shaped handle is a straight, cylindrical spout. Size: 4.625" W x 8.75" H (11.7 cm x 22.2 cm) Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970 to 2008 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #156961 Condition: Repairs to handle on either side of spout base, with nearly invisible resurfacing and overpainting along break lines. Minor abrasions, light encrustations, and fading to scattered areas of original pigment. Light earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE PERUVIAN
  PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE PERUVIAN STIRRUP VESSELThe buff pottery vessel with zoomorphic winged bird devouring a snake. 6.5 in. high. 10 in. long. 6 in. wide
• MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL
  MOCHE POLYCHROME STIRRUP VESSEL W/ SWIRLED MOTIFPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 350 to 550 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished vessel of a broad, spherical form with a series of brown and cream bands spiraling across the body. The vessel exhibits a slightly convex but stable base, a large body with a gently rounded shoulder, a stirrup-shaped handle, and a slightly flared spout with an incised rim. Within the cream-hued bands on the body are several applied black stripes that add another pop of color to this already vibrant piece of Moche artistry. Size: 5.8" Diameter x 7.9" H (14.7 cm x 20.1 cm) Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA; ex-private Maryland, USA collection 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #161475 Condition: Minor abrasions and a couple of small spalls, otherwise intact and excellent. Great remains of pigment throughout. Old inventory labels beneath base.
• PERUVIAN FIGURAL VESSEL Standing
  PERUVIAN FIGURAL VESSEL Standing Figure of a Warrior, Mochica, circa 1200 AD. 12" tall. Reassembled.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE PAINTED
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE PAINTED TERRACOTTA STIRRUP JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D.: modeled as a gourd; earthenware with tan slip painted on an ochre red slip ground, 7 3/8 in. H.
• A Pre-Columbian Stirrup Handled
  A Pre-Columbian Stirrup Handled Pottery Vessel Mochica IV - V the globular body relief decorated with a scene of a deer hunt surmounted by an arc handled cylindrical spout height 10 in. Provenance: Estate Collection San Antonio TX acquired during family visits to Latin America 1950s.
• INCA COLONIAL PERIOD STIRRUP
  INCA COLONIAL PERIOD STIRRUP VESSEL, C. 1550 ADInca Stirrup Vessel, Peru, Colonial Period, c. 1550-1600 AD, Terracotta with cream and red pigment, the body molded with a solar rays and a face European features. Dimensions: 9 H x 8 W x 6 D Property from the impressive collection of Arthur & Lillian Weiss, Little Deer Isle, Maine (LDI638)(WK) Condition: One spout repaired from fragments.. Condition: commensurate with age and use.
• MOCHE II BICHROME MUSCOVY DUCK
  MOCHE II BICHROME MUSCOVY DUCK STIRRUP VESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 250 to 400 CE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a charming Muscovy Duck with a flat base, a plump body flanked with a pair of incised wings, and a fan-shaped tail. Presented in hues of red and yellow, the attractive avian peers forward with concentric ovoid eyes situated behind a lengthy beak. A stirrup-shaped handle emanates from atop the back, and above is a cylindrical spout with a slightly everted and rounded rim. Size: 3.8" W x 6.125" H (9.7 cm x 15.6 cm) The Moche domesticated the Muscovy duck and used it for feathers; feathers were a symbol of the elite. The males of the species are frequently aggressive, and this drew the attention of the Moche, making the animal a special symbol for warriors. The Lord of Sipan was buried with ear spools decorated with Muscovy ducks, perhaps to emphasize his status as a great ruler and a powerful warrior. Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #159946 Condition: Spout reattached to back of head and top of back, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Minor abrasions and pitting to body, head, spout, handle, and base, with softening to some incised details, and fading to pigment in scattered areas. Nice earthen and mineral deposits throughout.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED
  PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUTED JUG Northern Coast of Peru, 100-700 A.D. with design of lima beans in red slip on tan slip ground; 11 1/2 in. H.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN STIRRUP SPOUT GREY
  PRE-COLUMBIAN STIRRUP SPOUT GREY POTTERY VESSELPre-Columbian Stirrup Spout Grey Pottery Vessel , c. 700-400 BCE, Chavin, domed round body with incised and applied facial details, stirrup spout surmount, h. 8 3/8 in Provenance: Neal Auction Company, February 4, 2012, lot 584; Acquired Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, December 8, 2003, lot 3035
• MOCHE POTTERY LIZARD STIRRUP
  MOCHE POTTERY LIZARD STIRRUP VESSEL, TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A delightful bi-chrome stirrup vessel in the form of an iguana. The stirrup rises from the lizard's back, capped by a short, perfectly formed spout. The lizard's body is stout, with four sturdy legs and a face defined by a strong browline, large eyes, and a fierce depicted as a thin line. The tail lifts slightly at the end of the vessel, giving the vessel a dynamic feel, as if the animal is about to move. Dots, stripes, and thick dashes of earthy red pigment give the animal a lifelike appearance; note how it is covered in scales, with wrinkles of skin at its joints, and a crest along its backside. Iguanas were an important part of Moche iconography. Size: 10.7" W x 7.95" H (27.2 cm x 20.2 cm) Moche people, observing the marine iguana native to the Peruvian coast, incorporated the animal into their complex understanding of the world, which attributed the abilities that animals have what humans lack - such as the ability to fly, to swim long distances, to live in water - associating them with the gods. Iguanas were often associated with another figure in Moche iconography, known to researchers as "Wrinkle Face". In their 2007 exhibition "Dying to Rule: Sex and Power in Moche Society", the curators of the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino wrote, "'Wrinkle Face' symbolizes the powers of the earth. He wears a snake-fox belt and a jaguar headdress covers his head. His long, ferocious fangs represent that feline's power. To balance these attributes with those of the sea - the other major source of subsistence in Moche society - 'Wrinkle Face' is accompanied by 'Iguana', an amphibian that is capable of bridging these two important domains, land and sea." Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired in Paris, France, 2004; ex-Parisian collection formed in the 1980s 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #151856 Condition: Although most Moche vessels that appear intact have been restored, if this one has been, it is impossible to detect from close examination. The vessel is in excellent condition with wear to the pigment commensurate with age and light deposits on the surface. TL drill hole on foot.
• HUARI POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL WITH
  HUARI POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL WITH WARRIOR**Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A dramatic double-spouted polychrome ceramic stirrup vessel, featuring a silvery gray lower half, spouts, and handle, and a broad, domed shoulder decorated with a painting of a one-armed warrior. The warrior is set against a wine red background. He has burnt orange-colored skin, a white tunic, and wears a spear-like pendant on a bracelet on his good arm. His missing arm is replaced by a spray of arrows. The top of his head also has a spray of arrows projecting from it. A vessel like this would have been a grave good, probably made to hold some kind of libation or offering. It is beautifully made and a specialist workshop would have created it. Size: 6.55" W x 5.6" H (16.6 cm x 14.2 cm) Provenance: ex-private T. Misenhimer collection, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970-2008 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #150541 Condition: Expertly repaired and restored from multiple pieces; this is so well done as to be almost invisible. Approximately 80% original pigment with light deposits on surface.
• MOCHE STIRRUP-SPOUTED BOTTLE
  MOCHE STIRRUP-SPOUTED BOTTLE Northern coast of Peru, circa 100 - 700 A.D.; Globular body raised on a high foot, with well-modeled stirrup spout; light gray earthenware covered with white slip and covered with fine line geometric decoration in re-brown, 9 in. H.
• MOCHE PHASE III / IV POTTERY
  MOCHE PHASE III / IV POTTERY STIRRUP VESSEL OF AI APECPre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase III to IV, ca. 350 to 700 CE. An evocative, mold-made stirrup vessel in the form of the chief deity of the Moche, Ai Apec (also Ai Apaec), depicted with his traditional ocean waves and feline fangs, as a pair of serpents peek over his head, slithering down his back. The ancient god sits with legs drawn up and hands on knees as his sizeable head gazes forward, exhibiting a fierce visage of huge, almond-shaped eyes with elongated outer edges, a protruding, curved nose, and gritted teeth displaying the afore-mentioned, sharp fangs. Dotted earspools flank his head, while his black-painted body is adorned with broad arm cuffs and a pectoral that covers his shoulders. Beige-painted details additionally embellish the figure, all while a tubular stirrup spout rises from his back. Size: 6" W x 8.2" H (15.2 cm x 20.8 cm) Ai Apaec is the primary Moche deity of creation, food, water, military victory and the most feared but respected of the wrathful gods- and sometimes referred to as the headsman or decapitator god! His iconography varies, but his ferocious nature was often depicted as a combination of human, aquatic, spider, and jaguar traits. Scholars posit that during human sacrifices, when prisoners were decapitated, their heads were presented as offerings to Ai Apaec. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Ron Messick collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; ex-T. Misenhimer, Beverly Hills, California, USA, collected from 1970 to 2008 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #172747 Condition: Repair and restoration to rim of spout, and possible areas of repainting. Light surface wear as shown with a few nicks and abrasions. Otherwise, excellent with impressive remaining pigments. Collection label on base.
• NAZCA POLYCHROME EFFIGY STIRRUP
  NAZCA POLYCHROME EFFIGY STIRRUP VESSEL W/ PRETTY LADYPre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel depicting a "pretty lady" figure as well as a trio of abstract zoomorphic creatures. The woman's head protrudes up from the front of the body, her arms painted in front of her abdomen, and a stirrup-shaped handle extending backwards towards the conical spout. Size: 7.1" W x 8" H (18 cm x 20.3 cm); 8" H (20.3 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Orlando, Florida, USA collection; ex-private Miami, Florida, USA collection, 1980s 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 and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #174652 Condition: Repair and restoration to spout and handle, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions and fading to pigment, with a couple of small spalls, and light abrasions, otherwise in excellent condition. Great remains of pigment throughout.
• FOUR PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE
  FOUR PRE-COLUMBIAN STYLE EARTHENWARE STIRRUP VESSELSComprising: two of black clay, modeled with stylized motifs; another with a deity and two painted serpents; the fourth, modeled with a monkey grasping the handle. Heights 6 in. to 9.25 in. Diameter of largest 6 in.
• A Pre-Columbian Pottery Stirrup
  A Pre-Columbian Pottery Stirrup Spout Portrait Vessel head-form body molded with realistic facial features height 11 3/8 in.
• IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND
  IMPRESSIVE MOCHE POTTERY BOUND PRISONER VESSELPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A dramatic pottery vessel of a bound prisoner shown nude. Limbs spread and tied with ropes to a wooden grate, the tormented figure displays a slender body with thick legs, attenuated arms, a recessed navel, and delineated genitalia. His huge head is turned towards the heavens, presenting an expressive visage of sunken, almond-shaped eyes, a petite, up-turned nose, and a wide mouth with 2 rows of tab-shaped teeth and a protruding tongue. Naturalistic ears flank his face, sitting just below the arching hairline of his lengthy coiffure that falls down his back. The top of his head exhibits an annular rim, leading to the hollow interior of the vessel, while an additional plank is shown on the verso. The entirety of the piece is enveloped in red pigment, while creamy beige slip adorns the ropes, the prisoner's teeth, and ends of the planks comprising the grate. Size: 8.1" W x 11" H (20.6 cm x 27.9 cm) Battles, captives, and executions are common themes in Moche art and warfare, often waged between competing Moche groups, involved the ritual execution of prisoners. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "In Moche art prisoners are often shown stripped of their clothing and other power attributes, such as weapons, headdresses, and earspools, as a sign of their defeat (Donnan and McClelland, 1999). Often prisoners with ropes around their necks and hands tied behind their backs are depicted being paraded by warriors." Cf. Ethnological Museum of the State Museums in Berlin, 17575 and 48078. Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection; ex-Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, USA, "2019 June 25 Ethnographic Art: American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature Auction - Dallas #5412," lot 70319; ex-Robert and Carolyn Nelson collection; ex-David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, New York, USA 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. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #170469 Condition: Repairs to proper right foot and plank, right arm and plank, and small area of rim. Expected nicks, abrasions, and a few minor chips. Areas of fire darkening. Otherwise, excellent with nice remaining pigments.
• MOCHE IV POLYCHROME STIRRUP -
  MOCHE IV POLYCHROME STIRRUP - EROTIC COUPLE, EX-ARTEPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. Bow chicka wow wow! A steamy pottery stirrup vessel depicting a couple in the erotic act of copulation. The Moche created erotic huacos throughout their 800-year period, resulting in the longest unbroken erotic ceramics tradition in the world, truly unique in the history of mankind. In addition to sexual acts, the Moche used pottery to represent depictions of hermaphroditism and androgyny as well as venereal disease and health conditions such as hemorrhoids. Yes, perhaps this is a bit more information than you wish to hear. However, the Moche deemed it important to record and teach about all aspects of their lives through their art. Due to the level of explicitness of these vessels, as seen in this example, scholars have suggested that this level of explicitness was intended to be didactic rather than solely titillating. Size: 8.2" L x 4" W x 8.1" H (20.8 cm x 10.2 cm x 20.6 cm) Provenance: ex-private Schuetz collection, Florida, USA; ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, October 13th, 2021, lot 317; ex-private West Virginia, USA collection, acquired late 1960s to early 1970s 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 and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175155 Condition: Professionally repaired with areas of expert restoration. A few minor chips, as well as nicks and abrasions to surface, commensurate with age. Otherwise, excellent with great remaining pigments. Old collection labels on base.