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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

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