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Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel w/ Strombus Monster

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Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel w/ Strombus Monster

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Description

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel likeness of the mythological zoomorphic amalgamation known as the Strombus Monster on each hemisphere. Each instance of the red-painted chimeric Strombus Monster exhibits a finely striated, feline-form body with serrations lining the spine and tail, powerful limbs bent in the middle, and a sinuous, segmented tail terminating in a fork-tongued serpentine head. The backward-facing feline head is of a larger size with a tongue projecting out from its fanged maw, C-shaped facial scarifications, and spiral-tipped tendrils emanating from atop its snout and brow. The creamy beige body provides a bright ground atop which the beasts are illustrated. Size: 6.5" Diameter x 10" H (16.5 cm x 25.4 cm)

Cf. Donnan, Christopher B. and Donna McClelland. "Moche Fineline Painting: Its Evolution and Its Artists." UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, California, 1999, p. 87, fig. 4.25.

Provenance: private Ferndale, Michigan, USA collection; ex-private Detroit, Michigan, USA collection, acquired prior to 2004

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Condition

Repair and restoration to areas of spout handle and shoulder, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Nice remains of original pigment throughout.