Lot 0020A

Moche Polychrome Pottery Portrait Vessel

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Moche Polychrome Pottery Portrait Vessel

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Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 800 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel featuring the portrait of a wide-eyed man, his mouth and eyelids tattooed with dark pigment, while donning a thick headdress that exhibits the head and forepaws of a jaguar. Size: 4.625" L x 4.4" W x 5.25" H (11.7 cm x 11.2 cm x 13.3 cm)

Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired March 2005; ex-Arte Xibalba, Osprey, Florida, USA; ex-Joseph Espinola collection, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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