A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE Jewelry - Gemstones Dimensions: Height: 7/8 inch (2

Dimensions:  Height: 7/8 inch (2

2004 Fremantle Print Award 2004

acquired from Parke Bernet

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A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE Jewelry - Gemstones Dimensions: Height: 7/8 inch (2This splendid red brown ceramic stirrup bottle is finely rendered by its artisan creator in the form of a man sitting with knees to chest and arms wrapped around his knees, his head turned slightly to the right, with long straight hair, wide eyes, bushy eyebrows, beaked nose, and large ears, wearing a striped poncho with his feet peeking out beneath, a stirrup spout attached at the back Well before the rise of the Inca state in the fifteenth century,