Moche V Fineline Stirrup Vessel w/ Bird Men

**Originally Listed At $1800** Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, El Moro de Peten, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery vessel of carinated form atop a petite

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 650 to 850 CE. A delightful pottery of stirrup vessel in the form of a seated figure, likely a lord or shaman, dressed elaborately with a plumed headd

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Moche culture, Moche III, ca. 450 to 600 CE. Wonderful pottery stirrup vessel painted in shades of brick-red and off-white. Procession of standing sea birds walk along co

Pre-Columbian, north coast Peru, probably San Jose de Moro, Moche culture, Phase V, Moro type, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A stunning fineline painted Moro type of pottery stirrup vessel with a flask o

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a pair of elaborate bird warriors. Each avian anthropoid is outfitted with a jagua

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to IV, ca. 400 to 700 CE. A magnificent example of a fineline bichrome stirrup vessel, the near spherical body decorated wit

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

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 550 CE. A splendid hand-built pottery stirrup vessel with a bichrome finish in hues of umber and cream that displays a fascinating avian ic

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 750 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery stirrup vessel depicting a highly stylized and attractive portrait of a male, perhaps

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III, ca. 200 to 500 CE. A mold-made greyware stirrup vessel with matching relief scenes depicting a bird of prey eating a human victim, one on each side. The bird is most li

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 400 CE. An evocative double chambered vessel, featuring a thin, tall stirrup handle and spout, one gourd-shaped chamber, and another figural chamb

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche IV/V, ca. 500 to 800 CE. A lovely bichrome stirrup-spouted vessel with a squat footed base, a globular body, a tightly-curved stirrup handle, and a gently-taperi

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A figural stirrup vessel in the form of a jaguar-headdressed warrior. The warrior is seated, a huge mace h

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 Peru, Moche, Phase IV to V, ca. 500 to 850 CE. Pottery portrait vessel presenting a naturalistic visage crowned by a headdress with fineline zoomorphic decoration. The stern

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Late Moche V, ca. 600 to 700 CE. A lovely mold-made terracotta vessel decorated with a beautiful fine line bi-chrome painted program depicting seven bird heads extendi

**Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, 600 to 800 CE. A mold-made figural stirrup vessel in the form of a seated man wearing a poncho and holding a small animal und

**Originally Listed At $800** Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, 600 to 800 CE. A captivating bichrome stirrup vessel depicting an applied bas relief deer adorned with a white on red spotted

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche, Phase V, ca. 600 to 750 CE. A mold-formed stirrup vessel featuring a flat base and bulbous body depicting a charming frog, perhaps a toad, with a curious look on its face.

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche IV (Classic Period) of V, ca. 550 to 800 CE. A large-chambered stirrup vessel with a wide spout, a stirrup handle that flares out as it meets the body of the vessel, and a f

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche IV, ca. 100 CE to 500 CE. Bichrome terracotta stirrup vessel depicting a sitting drummer, most likely a shaman, wearing a bird head mask with tear rolling down his cheeks, h

A Moche Fineline Stirrup Vessel Peru, Circa 400-700 A.D. Height 10 1/2 inches (26.5 cm). Property from the Collection of Dr. James Dawson, Manchester, Kentucky Provenance: Charles Gerhardt, Lebanon, O

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 CE. A musical whistling bridge-spouted, double-chambered vessel adorned in a hue of pale yellow. Mold-made, the fascinating vessel features two circul

**Originally Listed At $750** Pre-Columbian, Central/North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 650 CE. A fine example of a hand-built pottery stirrup vessel featuring fineline painted motifs and a