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THBRare Moche Pottery Architectural Model - Ball Court
Lot 100n
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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, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. An exceedingly rare ceramic depiction of a Moche ballgame court, hand-built from red-brown pottery and presenting with highly burnished surfaces. The bowl-shaped model has raised walls around three-quarters of the periphery, a protruding rectangular box with a pair of vertical frontal slits and two petite perforations on the top. The stepped borders on either side of the wall gap indicate the 'walls' of the vessel and represents seating for spectators watching the action unfold. A rare example of Moche architectural artistry! Size: 12.75" W x 2.1" H (32.4 cm x 5.3 cm); 6.9" H (17.5 cm) on included custom stand.
For additional information on architectural ball court models in ancient Mesoamerica, please see: Pillsbury, Joanne, Patricia Joan Sarro, James Doyle, and Juliet Wiersema. "Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2015, pp. 40-44.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Dr. Fischer collection, Germany, 1950-1970
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#148483Possible areas of repair and restoration to rim and body, but professionally done and nearly invisible if so. Minor abrasions to rim, body, and base, with fading to areas of original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Old inventory label beneath body.Condition
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