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Moche Blackware Portrait Head Vessel - PF.1873
Origin: Northern Coast of Peru
Circa: 200
AD
to 600
AD
Dimensions:
10.25" (26.0cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Moche
Medium: Terracotta
$6,500.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
The portrait vessels of the Moche, allow us an
intimate glimpse of the Ancient Peruvian
aristocracy. Originally modeled from life, these
vessels were pressed in molds, sometimes over a
period of decades. When a person of importance
died, other dignitaries placed their portraits in
his grave as a mark of honor. This stunning
blackware example shows a man with distinctive
jutting jaw and large ears, whose features seem
to be thickening slightly with age. Who was he?
A king? A priest? a famous warrior? Though we
know little about him, we understand
instinctively his high place in society, and treat
him with all due honor.
- (PF.1873)
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