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LOT 2241
Moche Painted Ceramic Lizard Stirrup Jar
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/8 in. (570 grams, 23.3 cm).
Stirrup jar formed as an advancing lizard with tail recurved along the body, painted stripe and dot detailing.
Provenance
Franziska Gassner (1907-2005), Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, assembled between 1945 and 1980.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12583-232146.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Mottl, K.M., Re-examined and Re-defined: an Exploration and Comparative Analysis of Moche Ceramic Vessels in the Milwaukee Public Museum Collections, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2015, fig.32, for a very similar ceramic.
Footnotes
In the Moche ceramics, lizards and iguanas are sometimes represented anthropomorphized. They are symbols of regeneration since they shed their skin. Some lizards, like our terracotta, have pointed faces with long, thin tails that curve downward.
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