Lot 177
A Moche Portrait Vessel
Sale 1100 - Antiquities & Ancient Art Online (Session II)
Nov 11, 2022
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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$1,800 -
2,200
Lot Description
A Moche Portrait Vessel
Peru, Circa 400-700 A.D.
Height 8 1/2 inches (21 cm).
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from the Collection of JRM, Washington, D.C.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Private Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Arte Primitivo, New York, Private Sale, May 2011.
Note:
The color of this rare black-ware portrait head is a result of smudge firing. A technique employed in the Middle Moche Period. For a close comparable, see R. Hoyle, Los Mochicas, Vol. 1, 2001, p. 112, fig. 136.
Note:
The color of this rare black-ware portrait head is a result of smudge firing. A technique employed in the Middle Moche Period. For a close comparable, see R. Hoyle, Los Mochicas, Vol. 1, 2001, p. 112, fig. 136.
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