Moche Fineline Pottery Stirrup Vessel, Hermit Crab God

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a pair of elaborate bird warriors. Each avian anthropoid is outfitted with a jagua

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. A fine line stirrup vessel depicting two lords, both with avian beak-like masks and elaborate robes. On a background of a creamy slip, dense black and

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A mold-formed and highly burnished redware pottery vessel with a round but stable base, a hemispherical body surmounted by a cylind

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A magnificent example of a fineline bichrome stirrup vessel, the near spherical body decorated wit

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An impressive pottery stirrup vessel presenting a globular form with red-painted fine line decoration of the deity Ai Apec ato

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a musician figure clasping a conch shell trumpet in h

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche IV (Classic Period) of V, ca. 550 to 800 CE. A large-chambered stirrup vessel with a wide spout, a stirrup handle that flares out as it meets the body of the vessel, and a f

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A fierce pottery stirrup vessel in the form of the head of Ai Apec (also Ai Apaec), the primary god of th

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Moche III, ca. 450 to 600 CE. Wonderful pottery stirrup vessel painted in shades of brick-red and off-white. Procession of standing sea birds walk along co

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. An interesting, hand-built pottery vessel of a spherical form resting on a flat base. The cream-hued ground is highly burnished and

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A classic Moche form, the stirrup vessel, with the body in the form of the transformative god Ai Apec, with a tall, black bird on one ar

**Originally Listed At $750** Pre-Columbian, Central/North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A fine example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel featuring fineline painted motifs and a

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, probably San Jose de Moro, Moche culture, Phase V, Moro type, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A stunning fineline painted Moro type of pottery stirrup vessel with a flask o

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche IV (Classic Period), ca. 550 to 650 CE. A large-chambered stirrup vessel with a wide spout, a stirrup handle that flares out as it meets the body of the vessel, and a flat b

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche, Phase III to IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Nicely executed pottery stirrup vessel decorated with variant of the Moche God of the Underworld Ai A

**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

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV to V, ca. 500 to 850 CE. Pottery portrait vessel presenting a naturalistic visage crowned by a headdress with fineline zoomorphic decoration. The stern

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. A molded, fine line stirrup vessel with an interesting form - its body divided into six distinct units by raised lines t

**Originally Listed At $1800** Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, El Moro de Peten, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of carinated form atop a petite

Pre-Columbian Painted Pottery Vessel, Peru, Moche. stirrup spout form with fine-line painting depicting hunters in full regalia. 10.5" high. Diameter - 5"

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru. Moche III ca. 450 to 550 CE. A very fine and expressive pottery stirrup jar in the menacing form of Ai Apec. Ai Apec was the god of the underworld and just an all-around

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche IV, ca. 400 to 500 CE. Manifesting the remarkable artistry and technique of the Moche, this bichrome pottery vessel depicts a parrot holding a corn cob, its head ni

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A dramatic mold formed stirrup vessel depicting a predatory scene between a bird and an eel. The brownware vessel is hand built with the coil

Pre-Columbian, central/north coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 200 to 300 CE. A finely constructed pottery vessel with a large standing owl with long talons in high relief, feathers in low relief body