A Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Man Lying on Loaded Llama, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Loaded Llama, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 21.9 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 184, p. 159 (

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Classic "Portrait Vessel", Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE The man represented in the vessel has an elaborate cloth headdress decorated with geometrical motifs. His has and

An Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Monkey, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 22.2 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 173, p. 158 (

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Kneeling Priest, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 22.9 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 179, p. 159 (

A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Representation of Two Mythical Dragons, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Two depictions of a hybrid animal with feline-fox head, pelage and clawed paws characteris

A Stirrup Spout Bottle: Recumbent Fawn, Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 15.4 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 20

A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle Ornamented with Mythological Animals, Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 25.7 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland.

A Spout-and-Handle Effigy Bottle: Owl, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 20 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 182, p. 159 (

A Stirrup Spout Effigy Bottle: Squatting Man Holding a Jar, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Depiction of a crouched man with a small jar resting on his shoulder. The man wears a long tunic, large earplu

A Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Portrait Vessel, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Height: 21.7 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 164, p. 157 (

A Stirrup Spout Effigy Bottle: A Condor, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Representation of a condor, the biggest flying bird of the region, considered the lord of the air and one of the major spirits of

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Human Skull, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Skeletal figures were frequently depicted in Moche art. They represented the "living dead" who appeared in various r

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: A Deity Playing Panpipe, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE The body of the vessel is modeled in the shape of a platform on which the reclining divinity is propped up on his

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: A Rat Gnawing Maize Cob, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE The iconographical theme of a rat gnawing a maize cob is very ancient and probably related to harvest rituals. He

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: A Representation of a Mythical Feline-Snake, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Profile representation of a mythical being elaborated in low relief. The creature has an undul

An Effigy Bottle: Standing Man with a Big Chicha Storage Jar, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Spout-and-handle effigy bottle with a representation of a well-dressed standing male tasting or drinking chi

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A hand-built, two-part pottery mold used for creating stirrup vessels with broad bodies and cylindrical spouts. Each half of the

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 CE. An evocative double chambered vessel, featuring a thin, tall stirrup handle and spout, one gourd-shaped chamber, and another figural chamb

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. This is a stirrup vessel with a short spout and a thin handle in the form of a seated man with a geometrically-patterned outfit, la

A Stirup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Owl, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Effigy bottle with a depiction of a stranding barn owl. This mysterious nocturnal bird of prey, frequently shown in Moche art, was prob

A Stirup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Rodent, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Effigy bottle with a very rare representation of a plains or mountain vizcacha (chinchilla family) depicted in a pose typical of fel

A Double Chambered Stirrup-Spout Effigy Jar: A Pair of Toads, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Height: 14.8 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 167, 158 (

A Spout and Stirrup Effigy Bottle: Two Figures Seated on an Urn, Moche, Peru, 200-500 CE Height: 17.7 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by

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