Moche Portrait Vessel - Smiling Human Face
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**Originally Listed At $500**
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 CE. A fascinating portrait vessel depicting a smiling human face with an expressive visage comprised of squinting eyes, thick brows, a protruding nose, a toothy grin flanked by laugh lines, and a cap-like coiffure, all rising from a short neck that also serves as the base of the vessel. The Moche created impressively naturalistic representations of human countenances with highly individualized features on their ceramic vessels. These were among the few veristic portrayals of humans created in the Precolumbian world. Size: 4.625" L x 4.25" W x 4.75" H (11.7 cm x 10.8 cm x 12.1 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to 1960s
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#160651
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 CE. A fascinating portrait vessel depicting a smiling human face with an expressive visage comprised of squinting eyes, thick brows, a protruding nose, a toothy grin flanked by laugh lines, and a cap-like coiffure, all rising from a short neck that also serves as the base of the vessel. The Moche created impressively naturalistic representations of human countenances with highly individualized features on their ceramic vessels. These were among the few veristic portrayals of humans created in the Precolumbian world. Size: 4.625" L x 4.25" W x 4.75" H (11.7 cm x 10.8 cm x 12.1 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany, collected from 1950 to 1960s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#160651
Condition
Professionally repaired from about 10 to 12 pieces with restoration over the break lines. Minute nicks to rim, periphery of base, tip of nose, chin, and other high-pointed areas. Normal surface wear with scuffs here and there. Nice burnishing marks and scattered deposits.
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Moche Portrait Vessel - Smiling Human Face
Estimate $600 - $900
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