Huaco with stirrup handle; Moche culture, Peru, 400-700 AD. c. Polychrome terracotta. It has a

Pre-Columbian Peru, Moche culture AD 700-1100, portrait terracotta stirrup vessel, in the form of a male head, 10.5'h

ceramic, a) Moche, stirrup vessel, shiny brown patina, h: 17,5 cm b) Chancay, bulbous jug with two handles, h: 15 cm c) Ica, small bowl, with painted and relief decoration, d: 9.5 cm, rest. Provenance

ceramic, H: 25,5 cm, H: 10,0 inch Provenance: Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 June 2002, Lot 771 Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany Expertise: Thermoluminescence Expertise, Nr. 011705002, 27.05.20

ceramic, dam. (horn) Moche used deer in ceremonies and rituals. H: 24,5 cm, H: 9,6 inch Provenance: Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Peru 200 AD - 400 AD An early Moche captive stirrup vessel dating to Phase II. It depicts a kneeling male with bound hands — a captured warrior soon to be sacrificed. As is typical in Moche art, cap

ceramic, a) fish stirrup vessel (creamy white dots on dark red ground), l: 24 cm, h: 22 cm b) fish stirrup vessel (red dots on a creamy white ground), l: 24 cm, h: 24 cm An important food source for l

ceramic, H: 18 cm, H: 7,1 inch Provenance: Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany Lit.: Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1998, p. 136, ill. 75

Pre-Columbian Northern Peruvian Moche III figural stirrup vessel, AD 400-800, executed in terracotta, finely formed depiction of an owl with bichrome decoration, stirrup spout to the rear, 7"h x 6.5"w

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 CE. A beautiful polychrome terracotta vessel of a round-bottomed globular form with a double spouted stirrup handle, the body finely decorated with four

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A hand-made and highly-burnished pottery vessel with a flat base, a bulbous body with three-dimensional features, and a stirrup-sha

A Transitional Salinar-Mochica Portrait Vessel Peru, c. 200 BC-200 AD Smoothly modeled earthenware. A stirrup handle and spout portrait head vessel with a variegated burnished red-brown slip, cream-co

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. This is a gorgeous intact example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery -- the Moche stirrup vessel, using the shape

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A superb and expertly decorated pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a portrait head of a lord with a naturalistic visage crowned

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a musician figure clasping a conch shell trumpet in h

A Veracruz Stone Yoke Eastern Mexico, c. 400-700 AD Speckled gray stone, the ends carved in relief to depict half of a face with a large headdress. Remains of red cinnabar in

An Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Monkey, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 22.2 cm For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 173, p. 158 (

An Exceptional Nazca Textile Panel Peru, c. 100-700 AD Superbly woven camelid fibers in tight tapestry weave with red, pink, blue, and yellow dyes, with natural fi

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 to 800 CE. An incredible copper headdress, made of a hammered flat sheet of copper with a symmetrical body and the three-dimensional head of a

Pre-Columbian, Nazca culture, Peru South Coast, ca. 100 to 400 CE. This is a gorgeous piece that exemplifies many of the classic hallmarks of the Nazca people's distinctive pottery. This is a polychro

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a pottery stirrup vessel depicting the head of a fierce jaguar. Presented in hues of citrine, burnt sienna, c

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeqye-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient pottery I have seen from this region. Brownware stirrup ve

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 250 BCE to 125 CE. A wonderful and highly-burnished polychrome bottle with twin spouts connected by a bridged handle. Presenting a mesmerizing icono

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, ca. 300 to 500 CE. This is a spectacular and rare copper depiction of the god Ai Apaec (also Ai Apec) as a near life-sized figure! This copper being is com

Pre-Columbian Siguas Culture Mantle, Peru, 200-400 CE. Camelid wool. Provenance: Arte Textile, San Francisco, CA. Size: 60'' x 47'' (152 x 119 cm).