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LOT 2225
Pre-Columbian Moche Ceramic Vessel Showing a Hunted Deer
CIRCA 2ND-6TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (299 grams, 15 cm high).
The flask-shaped body with pedestal foot and tubular neck, pierced lugs to the shoulders and raised deer motif and spear to each face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.
Acquired in the 1990s.
From a Norfolk, UK, private collection.
See Quilter, J., The Moche of Ancient Peru, Media and Messages, Peabody Museum Press, 2010, p.100, for another example of deer being hunted.
FootnotesA number of vessels of the late Moche period also show deer being hunted with spears or clubs. It is likely such a practice would be reserved for those with high status within Moche society. Although the meaning of these vessels is not known, it is likely such hunts held a deep religious significance.
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LOT 2225
Pre-Columbian Moche Ceramic Vessel Showing a Hunted Deer
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