TL-TESTED STIRRUP VESSEL WITH FOUR HEADS – MOCHE CULTURE, PERU, C. 4TH CENTURY
TL-TESTED STIRRUP VESSEL WITH FOUR HEADS – MOCHE CULTURE, PERU, C. 4TH CENTURY
Painted fired clay
Moche culture, Peru, c. 4th century
TL-test certificate no. 069204, dated April 1992, by the Kotalla laboratory in Germany included.
Cylindrical body with relief decorations in four bands showing four serious men faces with closed eyes, each face is painted half in red and half in cream color. With a symmetrical stirrup and spout on top.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 25 CM, BASE DIAMETER 11 CM
Condition: Optical appearance good, restorations to exposed areas and few small chips
Provenance: Formerly from a German private collection, 1970, then property of Galeria Peruana in 1992