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Moche Pottery Bichrome Fine-Line Stirrup Jar

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Moche Pottery Bichrome Fine-Line Stirrup Jar

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Description

**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A large, flat-bottomed, and spherical terracotta stirrup-spouted vessel with stepped, linear, and spiralized fine-line motifs painted in a russet-hue atop a cream ground. Pieces like these were often used for holding sacred fermented liquids consumed during ceremonies or placed in graves as offerings. A wonderful example, impressive for its elegant form as well as its painted decorative program. Size: 10.375" H (26.4 cm).

Provenance: private Andrade collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1960s; ex-Knoedler & Company, New York, New York, USA

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Condition

Vessel repaired from several pieces with light restoration, resurfacing, and overpainting along break lines. Expected age-commensurate surface wear and abrasions, fading to pigmentation, otherwise very good.

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Moche Pottery Bichrome Fine-Line Stirrup Jar

Name: Moche Pottery Bichrome Fine-Line Stirrup Jar
SKU: 65163482
Price: 275 USD
Availability: InStock

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