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Moche Blackware Female Fertility Vessel

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Item Details

Description

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 CE. A fine blackware fertility vessel depicting a squatting, perhaps birthing, nude female - her bent legs spread apart and surrounding an opening through which a ceremonial liquid could be filled and poured as a libation - perhaps to ensure a healthy birth or bring about fertility. Size: 4.3" W x 6.5" H (10.9 cm x 16.5 cm)

Cf. Walters Museum of Art, 48.2836.

Provenance: private Marysville, California, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, November 26, 2018, lot 384; ex-Harlan J. Berk collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Condition

Normal surface wear commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent.

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Moche Blackware Female Fertility Vessel

Name: Moche Blackware Female Fertility Vessel
SKU: 127753110
Price: 850 USD
Availability: InStock

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