Pre-columbian Moche III Vessel

Pre-Columbian Moche III, Peru, figural stirrup vessel, having a rare reduction firing coloration, 8.5"h Provenance: Former Lewis Land Collection. Literature: "Pre-Columbian Art From the Land Collectio

Pre-Columbian Northern Peruvian Moche III figural stirrup vessel, AD 400-800, executed in terracotta, finely formed depiction of an owl with bichrome decoration, stirrup spout to the rear, 7"h x 6.5"w

Title: Moche III Condor Bird Terra Cotta Pre-Columbian Vessel Description:Moche III Condor Bird Terra Cotta Decorated Pre-Columbian Vessel.Provenance: from a collection of pre-Columbian/ pre-Columbian

Title: Moche III Condor Bird Terra Cotta Pre-Columbian Vessel Description:Moche III Condor Bird Terra Cotta Decorated Pre-Columbian Vessel Condition of piece: Ancient, intact, some paint loss Size: </

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III Early Intermediate, ca. 400 to 550 CE. This is a striking mold-made portrait stirrup vessel in the tri-dimensional style, with the shape of the face sculpted as part of

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III, ca 350 to 500 CE. An excellent realistic portrait vessel, showing a figure with wide eyes, a prominent nose with high nostrils, and a thin-lipped, expressive mouth. The

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III to Moche IV (Classic Period), ca. 450 to 650 CE. An incredibly preserved vessel in the form of a condor, shown seated, wings at rest along the body. The head has its dis

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III to Moche IV (Classic Period), ca. 450 to 650 CE. A wonderful pottery portrait vessel featuring a narrow base, a bulbous body with an extending arm and hand, and an annul

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A mold-made greyware stirrup vessel with matching relief scenes depicting a bird of prey eating a human victim, one on each side. The bird is most li

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

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, Northern Peru, Moche III, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Hard not to smile when you see this happy fellow! Pottery stirrup spouted vessel depicting the head of a dignitary. Strong facial features,

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

Ancient Pre-Columbian Moche Seated Figural Vessel c.400-700 AD. Size 9 1/8 inches high. A Pottery, Moche Seated Figural Vessel, Phase III-V. Provenance: Estate of David Sheridan, Branchburg, NJ., acqu

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 III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A hand-made and highly-burnished pottery vessel with a flat base, a bulbous body with three-dimensional features, and a stirrup-sha

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 400 to 500 CE. A superb portrait vessel created by the Moche culture. The Moche of northern Peru may be the only ancient c

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 500 CE. A fabulous frog effigy stirrup vessel of an endearingly expressive form with bulging eyes, slit mouth, and legs poised to leap. The surface i

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, North Coast Peru, Moche III, ca. 100 to 200 CE. A simple yet elegant jaguar effigy stirrup vessel in a bichrome finish with the red jaguar's body sprawled atop the white, near-spherical

**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

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche II /III ca. 300 to 400 CE. Fine pottery stirrup vessel - often used to store chicha, a type of early Native beer - in the form of a seated warrior. He wears a strip

**Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. "Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love!" In the context