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THBMoche Polychrome Stirrup Jar - Lord w/ Jaguar
Lot 88
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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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From beloved pets to dedicated servants and vital livestock to symbolic imagery from many religions, animals frequently show up in the art of all cultures, ancient times to the present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
From beloved pets to dedicated servants and vital livestock to symbolic imagery from many religions, animals frequently show up in the art of all cultures, ancient times to the present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phases III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A mold-formed and highly burnished pottery vessel of a stunning form with a round but stable base, a bulbous body, a cream-slipped, stirrup-shaped handle, and a projecting spout. The vessel depicts a seated elderly male lord wearing a red cloak atop an orange-hued tunic, elaborate wrist cuffs, and a thin headwrap tied beneath his chin. His stern countenance is comprised of almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, full lips with a delineated philtrum, and deep nasolabial folds, all beneath a jaguar-form headdress with a stylized, red-striped feline head protruding from the front. A fantastic example of figurative pottery from ancient Peru! Size: 5" W x 8.5" H (12.7 cm x 21.6 cm).
The jaguar 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. The principal Moche god wears a headdress adorned with a jaguar head and paws and important mortals like the one depicted here 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 seen 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.
For a stylistically-similar blackware example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 82.1.30: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/307474
Provenance: ex-private Hirsch collection, New York City, New York, USA, collected from 1950-1970
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#148480Professional repair to jaguar head at neck, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions to body, handle, and spout, with scattered areas of touch-up painting, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout. Old inventory label beneath base.Condition
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