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*55<br />
MOCHICA BLACKWARE VESSEL<br />
Ca. A. D. 200-500<br />
The rounded sides softly incised with a frieze<br />
of diamonds, each containing a highly stylized<br />
stingray, framed by stepped motifs.<br />
Height 19.1 cm<br />
€ 900 – 1 200<br />
*56<br />
MOCHICA BLACKWARE VESSEL<br />
Ca. A. D. 200-500<br />
Molded on each side with a large, anthropomorphic<br />
fi sh with ferocious expression showing large<br />
teeth and a human arm with clenched fi sh, the<br />
Demon Fish, the scales indicated with pecked<br />
stripes and fl aring tail fi n.<br />
Height 24 cm<br />
Provenance<br />
Carmen D. Oechsle Collection, Zurich<br />
Literature<br />
Cologne, Schätze aus Peru von Chavin bis zu den<br />
Inka, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, June 20-<br />
September, 6, 1959, pl. 23<br />
Cf. Moche Fineline Painting, pg. 66i, for the<br />
Demon Fish<br />
€ 1 000 – 1 400