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Moche Pottery

Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel
Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel

Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Moche Red Ware Pottery Vessel with man figure. Moche Horizon of Peru, Circa 450 - 550 CE.

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Native American Objects

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Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware
Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware

Peru Pre Inca 100-700 Ad Moche Pre Columbian Personified Vessel in Earthenware

Located in Miami, FL

Rare pre Hispanic Moche culture, pre-Inca earthenware vessel. A beautiful interesting piece, created in the southern Peru region around the 100-700 AD by the Moche culture.

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antiquities

Materials

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Antique Lambayeque Double Spout Pot

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Located in Atlanta, GA

A polished black double spouted vessel from the Pre-Columbian Lambayeque culture (also known as Sicán 750AD -1375 AD) on the northern coast of Peru, straddling the Middle Horizon and...

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Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel
Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel

Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel

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Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel

Located in West Hollywood, CA

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Prehistoric Mexican Moche Standing Duck Vessel
Prehistoric Mexican Moche Standing Duck Vessel

Prehistoric Mexican Moche Standing Duck Vessel

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Moche standing duck vessel. Pottery jar in the form of a standing duck, spout emerging from right wing.

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Native American Objects

Materials

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Prehistoric South American Moche Red Ware Vessel
Prehistoric South American Moche Red Ware Vessel

Prehistoric South American Moche Red Ware Vessel

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Moche Red Ware pottery vessel with copulating motif.

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Native American Objects

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Pre Columbian Moche Transformational Anthropomorphic Stirrup Vessel
Pre Columbian Moche Transformational Anthropomorphic Stirrup Vessel

Pre Columbian Moche Transformational Anthropomorphic Stirrup Vessel

Located in London, GB

Moche Transformational Anthropomorphic Stirrup Vessel North Coast Peru, ca. 100–800 CE Ceramic with red and cream slip A finely modeled Moche stirrup-spout vessel depicting an anth...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antiquities

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Pre Columbian Moche Stirrup Vessel Ancient South America
Pre Columbian Moche Stirrup Vessel Ancient South America

Pre Columbian Moche Stirrup Vessel Ancient South America

Located in London, GB

Pre-Columbian art A Moche vessel of a seated personage with with fixated gaze probably representing hallucinogen induced state The seated figure with geometric head dress and cream...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Mexican Antiquities

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Pre Columbian Moche Vessel of a Important Personage or Dignitary
Pre Columbian Moche Vessel of a Important Personage or Dignitary

Pre Columbian Moche Vessel of a Important Personage or Dignitary

Located in London, GB

Pre Columbian Art. A fine Moche vessel of a important personage or dignitary. Moche 1V period circa 400-600 AD Peru. Condition: stable stress cracks, minor restorations to base, ...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Tribal Art

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Moche Stirrup Vessel, Man Resting on Cloth Bales, circa 300 AD
Moche Stirrup Vessel, Man Resting on Cloth Bales, circa 300 AD

Moche Stirrup Vessel, Man Resting on Cloth Bales, circa 300 AD

Located in Geelong, Victoria

Moche / Chimu stirrup vessel, well modelled as a man lying on a large rectangular bale, probably cloth, the stirrup arching over him, picked out in a burnished slip of red & white. ...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Tribal Art

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Pre Columbian Moche Vessel of a Sea Lion  Provenance ex Darwin Keynes
Pre Columbian Moche Vessel of a Sea Lion  Provenance ex Darwin Keynes

Pre Columbian Moche Vessel of a Sea Lion Provenance ex Darwin Keynes

Located in London, GB

Pre Columbian art A charming Moche stirrup vessel of a sea lion in play swimming on its back with a small ball in its mouth. As a coastal culture the Moche would have been very fam...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Tribal Art

Materials

Pottery

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Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.

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