TL TESTED HEAD SHAPE STIRRUP VESSEL - MOCHE CULTURE, PERU, C. 1ST CENTURY
TL TESTED HEAD SHAPE STIRRUP VESSEL - MOCHE CULTURE, PERU, C. 1ST CENTURY
Fired clay with red color decoration
Moche culture, Peru, c. 1st century
TL-test certificate no. 282101, dated October 1982, by the Kotalla laboratory in Germany included.
This vessel depicts a seated figure of very large head in comparation with the body, from which only part of the legs and feet are visible. Decorations in red color, the symmetrical stirrup on its center.
Dimensions: HEIGHT 21 CM, WIDTH 11 CM
Condition: Optical appearance very good, minor restorations to exposed areas with hairlines visible
Provenance: Formerly from the collection of Golte-Bechtle, 1982, then property of Galerie Alt-Amerika in 2012