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THBMoche Bi-chrome Portrait Vessel w/ Parrot & TL
Lot 94a
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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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Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III to Moche IV (Classic Period), ca. 450 to 650 CE. A striking portrait vessel, depicting the proud visage of a lord or shaman wearing an avian headdress - perhaps depicting a parrot. The individual is rendered with naturalistic features - large almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, pursed lips, nasolabial folds, full cheeks, and large pierced ears. Parrots were revered by the Moche. Their brilliant plumage and ability to fly high above the tree line made them ideal incarnations of the sky deities. Parrots were also believed to be endowed with supernatural powers, likely of celestial origin, and their feathers were traded from the Amazon and reserved for the garments of royalty. Size: 5.375" W x 9.875" H (13.7 cm x 25.1 cm)
This would have been a portrait of an important member of Moche society; it is possible - even probable - that there are portraits of him as a young man found in other vessels, as we know of several examples of Moche portrait vessels portraying the same individual at different stages of life! Vessels like this one were traded as emblems of authority around the Moche world before being buried as grave goods; others are also known from domestic contexts, and wear on examples found in graves indicates that they were used every day for cooking and drinking before being buried with the dead. Imagine a vessel like this one being used at a feast, displaying a relationship with the person depicted.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and/or of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#145301TL holes in base and under parrot. Stirrup and spout repaired from several pieces. Resurfacing in areas. Expected surface wear with abraded areas and nicks to high-pointed areas. Scattered deposits.Condition
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