2nd-5th century A.D. A blackware ceramic vessel in the form of a male head wearing a conical cap and large, discoid ear ornaments, semi-naturalistic facial features and strap handle to reverse. See Quilter, J., The Moche of Ancient Peru, Media and Messages, Peabody Museum Press, 2010, p.120, for a seated blackware Moche male and discussion of the production of black ware vessels within Moche and Chimu cultures; Parsons, L., Pre-Columbian Art, The Morton D. May and The Saint Louis Art Museum Collections, 1980, Harper and Row, p.270, no. 416, for a almost identical example. 545 grams, 15 cm high (6 in.). Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]