A Moche Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Portrait Head

Peru, Circa 500-700 A.D.

Height 7 5/8 inches (19.37 cm).

Property from the Estate of Helene Cummings Karp (1931-2023), Palm Beach, Florida

Provenance:

B.J. Wassermann Collection, Buenos Aires, primarily formed in Peru from 1920-1948.

Nathan Cummings (1896-1985), Chicago, acquired from the above in March 1954; thence by descent.

Exhibited:

Illinois, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nathan Cummings Collection of Ancient Peruvian Art, 28 June 1954-3 January 1955. [With AIC exhibition label “115”]

Published:

B.J. Wassermann, Ceramicas del Antiguo Peru, Buenos Aires, 1938, p. 150, pl. 264.

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A Moche Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Portrait Head

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