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Moche Polychrome Pottery Vessel w/ Lizards

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Moche Polychrome Pottery Vessel w/ Lizards

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Description

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 350 to 500 CE. An attractive, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel of spherical form adorned with brick-red pigment atop a cream-hued ground. Sitting upon a slightly rounded, ring-form foot, the globular body displays a quartet of stylized, right-facing lizards with striped bodies, lengthy claws, narrow heads, and sinuous tails. A stirrup-shaped handle arches from atop the shoulder and is surmounted by a gently flared spout. Size: 6.25" W x 8.5" H (15.9 cm x 21.6 cm)

Provenance: private Ferndale, Michigan, USA collection; ex-private Detroit, Michigan, USA collection, acquired prior to 2004

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Condition

Area of restoration affecting area above shoulder and tail of one dragon, section of spout repaired all probably the result of probe. Minor areas of pigment loss.