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A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Representation of Two Mythical Dragons, Late Moche, Peru,
A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Representation of Two Mythical Dragons, Late Moche, Peru,
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A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Representation of Two Mythical Dragons, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE

Two depictions of a hybrid animal with feline-fox head, pelage and clawed paws characteristics of jaguars, and serpent tail. This mythical being most likely expressed immortality, self-regeneration, change and the restoration of order.

Height: 28 cm

For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 62, p. 92 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/offerings_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)

Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.

Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife - Peruvian Pottery from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 92


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A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Representation of Two Mythical Dragons, Late Moche, Peru,

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