Moche Pottery Jar - Ai Apec as Corn God

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA ** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche culture, ca. 300 to 500 CE. Very fine molded pottery jar of ovoid f

Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast of Peru, late Moche to Chimu, perhaps Huaylas/Santa, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. A mold-formed pottery vessel depicting the primary Moche god Ai Apec (also Ai Apaec) seated

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru. Moche III ca. 450 to 550 CE. A very fine and expressive pottery stirrup jar in the menacing form of Ai Apec. Ai Apec was the god of the underworld and just an all-around

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Sican Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1000 CE. A mold-formed blackware pottery stirrup vessel with a frontal figure of Ai Apec - the principal Mochica deity - standi

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A rare form of vessel, a depiction of the god Ai Apec partially transformed into a snail. Ai Apec, the ch

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A remarkable pottery stirrup vessel featuring the Andean god Ai Apec as the corn god. Portrayed traditionally with feline eyes and jaguar fangs, the dei

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A fierce pottery stirrup vessel in the form of the head of Ai Apec (also Ai Apaec), the primary god of th

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A classic Moche form, the stirrup vessel, with the body in the form of the transformative god Ai Apec, with a tall, black bird on one ar

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 800 CE. A hand-built pottery jar of sizable form depicting Ai Apec (also Ai Apaec), the traditional primary deity of the Mochica people. Adorned i

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A little bit terrifying - and also a little bit comical - example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 800 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form featuring Ai Apec - the primary deity of the Moche peoples - standing amongst a plethora

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form depicting Ai Apec, the chief deity of the Moche people. The spherical vessel be

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An enticing pottery stirrup vessel depicting Ai Apec - the primary deity of the Moche peoples - standing amongst a plethora of moun

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche Valley, Salinar / Moche transition, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. An intriguing hand-built pottery vessel with a highly stylized depiction of Ai Apec, the chief deit

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Sican / Lambayeque, ca. 800 to 900 CE. An amusing, hand-built blackware pottery cup with a rounded base, gradually-taperi

Moche inspired, modern. A pair of 16K gold and emerald screw-back earrings, each featuring a depiction of the Moche god Ai Apec, standing atop an emerald-cut emerald. Size: 3.2 grams; each measures 5/

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An impressive pottery stirrup vessel presenting a globular form with red-painted fine line decoration of the deity Ai Apec ato

MOCHE STYLE BLACKWARE STIRRUP VESSELPeru, Blackware pottery vessel portraying Ai Apec. 8" height

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, 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, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fascinating, intact example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche stirrup vessel, in the form of an an

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, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, Phase IV to V, ca. 500 to 850 CE. Both a bit terrifying and comical, a fine example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche s

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A little bit terrifying - and also a little bit comical - example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche