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*44<br />

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 />

*45<br />

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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