Moche IV Bichrome Stirrup Jar - Battle of Deities

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. Way before action hero and adventure movies, some of the best rivalries were depicted on Moche potter

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

**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, 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, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A highly burnished figural pottery vessel depicting a seated shaman with an entranced gaze across its visage. The shaman features w

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, Peru, Moche IV, ca. 100 CE to 500 CE. Bichrome terracotta stirrup vessel depicting a sitting drummer, most likely a shaman, wearing a bird head mask with tear rolling down his cheeks, h

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV/V, ca. 500 to 800 CE. A lovely bichrome stirrup-spouted vessel with a squat footed base, a globular body, a tightly-curved stirrup handle, and a gently-taperi

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A bichrome pottery stirrup vessel depicting a jaguar with a magnificent coat, replete with lively spotted and linear markings, looking dec

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

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

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche III/IV, ca. 500 to 600 CE. A wonderful and touching stirrup jar in the form of a mother sea bird (comorant) with its beak down toward the baby bird at its side whil

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, 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

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

**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, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form depicting Ai Apec, the chief deity of the Moche people. The spherical vessel be

**Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A large, flat-bottomed, ovoid bichrome terracotta stirrup-spouted vessel with fine-line painted russet brown

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

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A charming, hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a deer with a bulky body surmounted by a stirrup-shaped handle and cylindrical

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A charming stirrup vessel, hand-built from pottery, in the form of a seated owl. Highly burnished and adorned with soft cream and c

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A superb Moche III-IV terracotta stirrup vessel depicting an endearing moment shared between a Mochica mother and child, mold-made and painte

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A fabulous stirrup vessel in the shape of a cluster of pepino melons! Two rest atop a larger pepino w

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche II, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A wonderful bichrome vessel depicting Ai Apaec, the supreme deity of the Moche peoples, holding an intimidating club and wearing an im