Chavin Bi-Chrome Stirrup Vessel

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of a sizable form with a convex but stable base, a rotund, spherical body with a sloped shoulder,

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of a sizable form with a convex but stable base, a rotund, spherical body with a sloped shoulder,

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, Cupisnique phase, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. An impressive orange and cream hued bichrome stirrup vessel depicting a water carrier figure, his arms extending upward to adjust hi

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to Phase IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A classic bi-chrome stirrup vessel decorated with a rolling two-tiered tidal wave. The vessel's playful design is deli

**Originally Listed At $1500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche 4, classic period, ca. 400 to 500 CE. Perfect for any fan of the macabre - a bichrome pottery effigy stirrup vessel representing t

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 300 to 400 CE. Very attractive pottery stirrup vessel - jar used to store water and chicha with the spout shaped so it can be attached to one's belt. Vessel

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Period III, ca. 350 to 550 CE. A charming pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a jaguar, hand-painted with a spotted back and striped tail and limbs. Seated wi

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 400 to 650 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished vessel depicting a seated merchant offering one of his wares: a grid-patterned tunic. The vess

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A large, mold-made pottery vessel in the form of a sweet, smiling sea lion. He has a well-rendered, naturalistic face capped by a s

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A splendid hand-built pottery stirrup vessel with a bichrome finish in hues of umber and cream that displays a fascinating avian ic

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built and highly-burnished pottery vessel with a planar base, globular body, rounded shoulders, a wide

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche I, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE. A bichrome stirrup vessel of red and cream hues in the shape of an Andean mountainside with a caracol (snail) shell and two slithering

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A hand-built stirrup vessel made from terracotta that is slip painted in hues of beige and red. The li

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche, ca. 700 to 800 CE. Stirrup vessel decorated with applied spotted deer figures, one on each side, standing in profile, slip painted in a bichrome finish of red and

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A delightful bi-chrome stirrup vessel in the form of an iguana. The stirrup rises from the lizard's back, capped by a short, perfectly formed

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche II, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. An amusing bi-chrome stirrup vessel presenting a portrait head with wide open, inset almond-shaped eyes, a protruding, curved nose, a wel

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A bichrome stirrup vessel, hand painted in beautifully contrasting hues of red and white, that is quite unusual in that it features a

**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, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A bichrome stirrup vessel, hand painted in beautifully contrasting hues of red and white, that is quite unusual in that it features a

**Originally Listed At $800** Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, 600 to 800 CE. A captivating bichrome stirrup vessel depicting an applied bas relief deer adorned with a white on red spotted

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 350 to 550 CE. A unique bichrome stirrup vessel in the form of the deity Ai Apec as a turtle. The god has anthropomorphic and reptilian elements

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Vicus, ca. 300 to 700 CE. A bichrome stirrup vessel featuring iconography that captures the imagination. Adorning its slightly compressed

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 200 CE. Something’s fishy about this piece? Seriously fishy! The Moche were avid fisherman who garnered this abundant food source from the coastal

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 750 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a highly stylized and attractive portrait of a male, perhaps