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MIDDLE MOCHICA FIGURAL VESSEL<br />

Ca. A. D. 200-500<br />

The seated aged dignitary with hands resting on<br />

his crossed knees, with distinctive facial features<br />

with long, hooked nose decorated with dotted<br />

tattoos, rimmed eyes with crow’s feet at the<br />

temples, tightly wrapped in a cape with a border,<br />

and wearing a stripped turban with chin strap, in<br />

cream and reddish brown.<br />

Height 19.3 cm<br />

Literature<br />

Cologne, Schätze aus Peru von Chavin bis zu den<br />

Inka, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, June 20-<br />

September, 6, 1959, pl. 29<br />

Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America,<br />

1974, pl. 338<br />

€ 2 000 – 4 000

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