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Moche Half Stirrup Spout Vessel with Twin Peaked

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Moche Half Stirrup Spout Vessel with Twin Peaked
<B>Half Stirrup-spout Vessel with Twin-peaked Building</B></I><BR>Moche<BR>A.D. 300 - 600<BR>Burnished orangeware, with red slip<BR>Height 9 in. Diameter 5 3/4 in.<BR><BR>A simple rectangular structure is set atop the globular vessel, its roof stepped upward to peaks at either end. A red slip was used to pick up roof details, as well as showing what are probably two covered jars set near the building. A fanned arrangement of disk shapes at the end of cords is painted on the back surface under the arch of the spout. Small holes in the vessel body have been repaired and there is some surface chipping.<BR><BR>Provenance<BR>Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco: sale 7437E, 9 June 2003, lot 5075, pp.18-19<BR><BR>