Moche Art of Peru

A Stirup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Owl, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Effigy bottle with a depiction of a stranding barn owl. This mysterious nocturnal bird of prey, frequently shown in Moche art, was prob

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Human Skull, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Skeletal figures were frequently depicted in Moche art. They represented the "living dead" who appeared in various r

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

Pair Pre-Columbian Moche Ear Plug Adornments, Pair of Ancient Moche Ear Plugs with Spondylus and Lapis Inlay, Moche Culture, Peru 800-1200 A.D.

Stirrup Spout Vessel in the Form of a Feline, possibly a Jaguar, Peru, Moche Mouche style, pinkish tan ceramic with black and red geometric paint, 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 inches,

Stirrup Spout Vessel in the Form of a Feline, possibly a Jaguar, Peru, Moche, 100-500 - Burnished pinkish tan slipped ceramic with black and reddish slip paint, 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 inches,

A Hand Effigy Vessel, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Effigy vessel modeled in the shape of a clenched human hand with bracelet. Isolated arms and legs were frequently depicted in Andean art and made of

Pre-Columbian Moche III, Peru, figural stirrup vessel, having a rare reduction firing coloration, 8.5"h Provenance: Former Lewis Land Collection. Literature: "Pre-Columbian Art From the Land Collectio

An Effigy Jar: Prisoner, Moche, Peru, 200-500 CE Height: 29 cm Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland. Donated to "The Museum of Islamic Art", Jerusalem, during 1970's. Purchased

An Effigy Jar: Prisoner, Moche, Peru, 200-500 CE Height: 29 cm Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland. Donated to "The Museum of Islamic Art", Jerusalem, during 1970's. Purchased

A Large Effigy Jar: Toad, Moche, Peru, 200 - 500 CE Height: 20.5 cm Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland. Donated to "The Museum of Islamic Art", Jerusalem, during 1970's. Purch

A "Tule Boat" Spouted Jar, Moche, Peru, 200-500 CE Height: 12 x 8 x 23 cm Provenance: Kemper Collection, Switzerland. Donated to "The Museum of Islamic Art", Jerusalem, during 1970's.

A Stirrup Spout Effigy Bottle: A Condor, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Representation of a condor, the biggest flying bird of the region, considered the lord of the air and one of the major spirits of

An Effigy Bottle: Standing Man with a Big Chicha Storage Jar, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Spout-and-handle effigy bottle with a representation of a well-dressed standing male tasting or drinking chi

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 (

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Classic "Portrait Vessel", Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE The man represented in the vessel has an elaborate cloth headdress decorated with geometrical motifs. His has and

A Coiled Trumpet: Mythical Animal Effigy, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Trumpet with zoomorphic representation of a mythical being with characteristics of a feline, a box and a body of a snake. Heigh

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: A Rat Gnawing Maize Cob, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE The iconographical theme of a rat gnawing a maize cob is very ancient and probably related to harvest rituals. He

A Spout and Stirrup Effigy Bottle: Two Figures Seated on an Urn, Moche, Peru, 200-500 CE Height: 17.7 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by

A Stirrup-Spout Effigy Bottle: A Deity Playing Panpipe, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE The body of the vessel is modeled in the shape of a platform on which the reclining divinity is propped up on his

A Stirrup Spout Bottle: Recumbent Fawn, Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 15.4 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 20

A Stirup-Spout Effigy Bottle: Rodent, Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE Effigy bottle with a very rare representation of a plains or mountain vizcacha (chinchilla family) depicted in a pose typical of fel

A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle: Representation of Two Mythical Dragons, Late Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Two depictions of a hybrid animal with feline-fox head, pelage and clawed paws characteris

A Fineline Painted Stirrup-Spout Bottle Ornamented with Mythological Animals, Moche, Peru, 450-700 CE Height: 25.7 cm Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland.