PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
PREïºCOLUMBIAN ART : INCLUDING A SELECTION OF ... - Lempertz
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EARLY MOCHICA AI-APEC VESSEL<br />
Ca. 300-100 B. C.<br />
Molded with the ferocious physiognomy of Ai-<br />
Apec, staring under hooded and striped brows,<br />
the lips open to show large canines, jutting<br />
cheekbones, and ears ornamented with earspools,<br />
and the whole painted in cream with decorative<br />
details in reddish brown.<br />
Height 22 cm<br />
Cf. Stierlin, pl. 47<br />
€ 1 500 – 2 500<br />
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MIDDLE MOCHICA VESSEL<br />
Ca. A. D. 200-500<br />
Painted in cream and reddish brown with two<br />
highly stylized faces of Ai-Apec with lunate eyes<br />
and incised protruding fangs, adorned with the<br />
diagnostic double earrings, with ferocious snakes<br />
protruding from each side of the headdress, with<br />
scales indicated by incised circles.<br />
Height 25.1 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Bernoulli Collection, Basel, 1949<br />
Ai-Apec, one of the major gods of the Mochica<br />
pantheon, is depicted with the common attributes<br />
of an aged physiognomy, swirl ear ornaments,<br />
fanged mouth and dilated pupils which hearken<br />
back to the ferocious deity of Chavin de Huantar.<br />
€ 1 500 – 2 500<br />
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