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THBMoche Bichrome Pelican Stirrup Vessel
Lot 134
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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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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Moche IV, North Coast Peru, ca. 400 to 500 CE. A lovely bichrome Moche pottery stirrup vessel, with the details painted in a creamy white pigment over an earthy red background. The bird sits with its long-beaked head against its chest, as if resting. The stirrup handle and spout rises from its upper back. A long, narrow crest is atop the bird's head, which also has large eyes and a beak with cream-hued dots painted along its edges; its tiny feet are also painted white. Size: 5.5" W x 9" H (14 cm x 22.9 cm)
In ancient Peru, pelicans were admired for their adept skills, their wide wingspan, and their graceful flight; not to mention their ability to fly low just above the water to scoop a heap of fish in their large beaks and then drain the water though their bill which acts as a sieve. As inhabitants of the offshore Guano Islands, pelicans are among the rare producers of guano, a substance that was used as fertilizer by the Moche and later the Incas. To this day one can still see flocks of hundreds of pelicans nesting on these islands, a sight to behold both in ancient and modern times. The Moche and other ancient Peruvians believed that pelicans had the ability to dive into the world of the ancestors.
A similar example is published in "The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera" (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997, p. 107).
Provenance: ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from the 1950s to the 1960s
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#101398Intact, in wonderful condition for its age, with a few tiny chips and nicks. Light deposits on surface and great preservation of pigment. Nice firing mark on chest.Condition
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