An Effigy Bottle: Standing Man with a Big Chicha Storage Jar, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE

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

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 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 Spout-and-Handle Effigy Jar: Duck, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Height: 15.6 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 168, p. 158 (

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 Spout-and-Handle Effigy Bottle: Spotted Dog, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE The dog was one of the very few domesticated animals in the Andes. The Moche believed that dogs escorted the dead to the un

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 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 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

A Coiled Trumpet: Mythical Animal Effigy, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Trumpet with zoomorphic representation of a mythical being with characteristics of a feline, a box and a body of a snake. Heigh

A Hand Effigy Vessel, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Effigy vessel modeled in the shape of a clenched human hand with bracelet. Isolated arms and legs were frequently depicted in Andean art and made of

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: 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

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche III, ca. 400 to 500 CE. A very fine pottery stirrup vessel - an early type of beer bottle used to hold chicha, a type of fermented corn beer. Standing male shaman w

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 (

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche / Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. A pottery jar with a human head with low relief facial features forming the bottle neck, and both sid

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 600 CE. An extremely large gilded copper, convex ornament representing the Sun - its elegant convex, orb-like form with large round bosses lining the periphery t

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 300 CE. Truly a museum quality pair - these sizeable 14K gold ear ornaments depict matching portrait visages of a Mochica Lord, skillfully delineated

ceramic, H: 25,5 cm, H: 10,0 inch Provenance: Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 June 2002, Lot 771 Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany Expertise: Thermoluminescence Expertise, Nr. 011705002, 27.05.20

**Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, central coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A finely preserved blackware pottery jar depicting a highly stylized llama or alpaca with bent legs in reli

**Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, Moche culture, ca. 200 to 800 CE; Chimu, ca. 900 to 1300 CE. A lovely trio of pottery vessels from ancient Per: a Chimu blackware stirrup