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THBMoche Fineline Stirrup Vessel Monkey on Handle
Lot 132a
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A beautiful vessel of a spherical form with a flat base, hand-built from pottery and presented with fine burnishing marks. The rounded, cream-slipped body is decorated in russet-hued pigment with a tall tree bearing four lengthy branches, each bedecked with hanging ulluchu fruits, and two petite monkeys scamper across with segmented bags on their backs. Monkeys were trained by the Mochica to climb trees, pick ulluchu fruit, and place them into the bag before scampering down. A raised band with painted chevron motifs encircles the base of the cylindrical spout. A single simian creature is featured on one side with its arms grasping the spout, its feet planted firmly on the shoulder, and its arched back constituting the handle of the vessel. A rare and intriguing example of high-quality Moche fineline pottery! Size: 6.2" W x 10.125" H (15.7 cm x 25.7 cm).
For a stylistically similar example of the monkey motif, please see: Donnan, Christopher B. and Donna McClelland. "Moche Fineline Painting: Its Evolution and Its Artists." University of Washington Press, 2002, pp. 156-157.
Provenance: private Copeland collection, Boulder, Colorado, USA, acquired before 1990
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#151028Repair to midsection of handle, with light resurfacing along break lines that does not detract from the overall presentation. Light abrasions to handle, spout, body, and base, with light fading to pigmentation. Light earthen deposits throughout and fantastic manganese deposits across body.Condition
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