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A Moche Bi-Chrome "Venus" Vessel

Currency:USD Category:Antiquities / Pre-Columbian Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
A Moche Bi-Chrome  Venus  Vessel

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Auction Date:2012 Jul 13 @ 10:00 (UTC-06:00 : CST/MDT)
Location:P.O. Box 714, Erie, Colorado, 80516, United States
Unusual - although we have been lucky to find four similar examples (email for pics/details of others). Moche, from ancient north coastal Peru, ca 500 to 700 AD. Polychrome pottery vessel in the form of an open flower - similar in appearance to the more common "florero." Painted in tan and deep brown with edges to the rim cut away; base and inner rim glazed, remainder buff. 5-3/8"H x 6-3/8" top diameter, appears choice to excellent, but has been repaired from a few large fragments with restoration over breaklines.


Provenance: Ex-private AZ Collection, ex-private CA Collection.