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LOT 2413
Pre-Columbian Moche Anthropomorphic Vessel
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (550 grams, 20.2 cm high).
Hollow-formed bulbous vessel with burnished finish, seated or crouching male figure with bent legs and arms across his waist, straps to the chin securing a flat-topped cap with rectangular flap to the rear decorated with a ropework saltire; the face with aquiline nose, lentoid eyes and small curved mouth; between the hands, a small bird with discoid eye and wings partly extended; funicular spout to the top; marked 'OTX' to the underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
Footnotes
Examples of birds are relatively common across the spectrum of Moche pottery as are other animals depicting battle or hunting scenes.
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