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LOT 2412
Moche Painted Pottery Stirrup Jar with Crouching Figure
CIRCA 200-500 A.D.
5 7/8 in. (471 grams, 15 cm).
Stirrup jar comprising a cuboid body with a crouching figure above wearing a segmented collar and a low pillbox cap; to the rear of the handle, an integrally modelled monkey.
ProvenanceFranziska Gassner (1907-2005), Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, assembled between 1945 and 1980.
LiteratureFor a range of ancient Peruvian vessels, see Pimental, V., Peru, Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2012, 5 Continents, Milan.
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LOT 2412
Moche Painted Pottery Stirrup Jar with Crouching Figure
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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From the old private Pre-Columbian collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s from much earlier collections. Some of his collection was acquired from the private collection of Wayne Leicht, who acquired the specimens from the estate sale of John Dewar, a previous curator at the Southwest Museum, William S. Hart Museum, and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
