A rare spout-and-handle effigy bottle of a spotted dog. Bychrome with cream large dots over brownish background. Round body and large head. The dog was one of the very few domesticated animals in the Andes. The Moche believed that dogs escorted the dead to the underworld, effigy dogs were found in many Moche burial sites. Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE

Height: 17.5 cm


Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.

Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife - Peruvian Pottery from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 86

Notes:

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this lot. The piece will include spanish export license for the European Union. If the piece goes outside the European Union a new export license will be requested. This process can take between 2 and 4 weeks.

A rare spout-and-handle effigy bottle of a spotted dog. Bychrome with cream large dots over brownish background. Round body and large head. The dog was one of the very few domesticated animals in the Andes. The Moche believed that dogs escorted the dead to the underworld, effigy dogs were found in many Moche burial sites. Early Moche, Peru, 100-450 CE

Height: 17.5 cm


Provenance: Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.

Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Offerings for the Afterlife - Peruvian Pottery from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 86

Notes:

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this lot. The piece will include spanish export license for the European Union. If the piece goes outside the European Union a new export license will be requested. This process can take between 2 and 4 weeks.

Período cultural
Pré-colombiano. Moche
Name of object
Com licença de importação espanhola. Publicados.
Século/ Período de tempo
100-450 A.D.
Origem
Casa de leilões
País de origem
Peru
Material
Recipiente de cerâmica para cães com manchas raras
Estado
Bom

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