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