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THBEarly Moche Greyware Stirrup Vessel w/ Ai Apaec
Lot 28a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jul 25, 2019
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2019-07-25 10:00:00
2019-07-25 10:00:00
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Many Oceanic pieces from an important Tucson, Arizona collection, first time at auction!! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Many Oceanic pieces from an important Tucson, Arizona collection, first time at auction!! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Moche, Phase I to II, ca. 200 to 400 CE. A fabulous mold-formed greyware pottery vessel with a flat base, a lightly-compressed spherical body with a rounded shoulder, a stirrup-shaped handle, and a squat cylindrical spout with an everted rim. Both sides of the highly-burnished vessel boast an intricately-detailed image of Ai Apaec (also Ai Apec), the supreme deity of the Moche peoples, in low relief. Each figure boasts delineated legs beneath a stocky body, clawed hands, and a jaguar-form head with massive horns and a thick tongue projecting outward between sharp fangs. A fine example replete with expert technique as well as gorgeous iconographical detailing. Size: 4.875" W x 6.2" H (12.4 cm x 15.7 cm).
Ai Apec was revered as the supreme creator god (in fact, the word Aiapaec means "doer" in Mochica) whose throne is usually positioned upon a high mountain as he was believed to be the son of the mountain god. While the "creator" he was simultaneously regarded as a fierce deity and also called the Decapitator or the Headsman.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection
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#146388Spout repaired with small chips and light resurfacing along break line. Minor abrasions to base, body, handle, and spout, with light fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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