Huari Stirrup Vessel

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A remarkable double-spouted, polychrome ceramic stirrup vessel, featuring a flat, circular base and wide-spanni

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, South Andean Highlands, Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku), ca. 400 to 700 CE; South Coast Peru, Nazca to Huari/Wari, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A set of 2 pottery ves

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A fascinating pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a musician figure clasping a conch shell trumpet in h

ceramic, H: 17 cm, H: 6,7 inch Provenance: Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari (Wari), Niviera-Lima culture, ca. 1000 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery stirrup vessel with a round but stable base, two gourd-shaped chambers, a

**Originally Listed At $1200** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari, Lima-Niviera, ca. 1000 CE. A wonderful polychrome, double-lobed whistling stirrup spouted vessel. The front lobe depicts a male

Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Chavin culture, Jequetepeqye-Templadera type, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. One of the more striking examples of ancient pottery I have seen from this region. Brownware stirrup ve

ceramic, H: 25,5 cm, H: 10,0 inch Provenance: Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 June 2002, Lot 771 Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany Expertise: Thermoluminescence Expertise, Nr. 011705002, 27.05.20

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Jequetepeque River region, Chavin culture, Tembladera phase, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A fabulous ceramic vessel depicting two fisherman sitting atop a pair of cylindrical

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 650 CE. A gorgeous example of a pottery stirrup vessel depicting the head of a fierce jaguar. Presented in hues of citrine, burnt sienna, c

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A dramatic mold formed stirrup vessel depicting a predatory scene between a bird and an eel. The brownware vessel is hand built with the coil

Pre-Columbian, Chavin / Cupisnique, North Coast of Peru, 1400 to 500 BCE. This is one of my favorite pieces in this auction! A beautiful blackware stirrup vessel with an owl's body forming one half of

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. This is a gorgeous intact example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery -- the Moche stirrup vessel, using the shape

**Originally Listed At $3000** Pre-Columbian, Northern Coast of Peru, Cupisnique / Chavin culture, ca. 1250 to 500 BCE. An enticing pottery stirrup vessel in the form of a seated shaman in the process

Pre-Columbian, central/north coast Peru, Moche, Phase II, ca. 200 to 300 CE. A finely constructed pottery vessel with a large standing owl with long talons in high relief, feathers in low relief body

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III-IV, ca. 200 CE. An impressive blackware stirrup vessel depicting a deity or transitioning shaman with both human and stingray features. Moche artists

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Casa Grande, earliest type of stirrup vessel called "Classic Chavin", ca. 1200 BCE. A stupendous example of the early monochrome stirrup vessels found in the mountains

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche IV, ca. 100 CE to 500 CE. Bichrome terracotta stirrup vessel depicting a sitting drummer, most likely a shaman, wearing a bird head mask with tear rolling down his cheeks, h

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche III Early Intermediate, ca. 400 to 550 CE. This is a striking mold-made portrait stirrup vessel in the tri-dimensional style, with the shape of the face sculpted as part of

ceramic, dam. (horn) Moche used deer in ceremonies and rituals. H: 24,5 cm, H: 9,6 inch Provenance: Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas, San Pedro culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A charming blackware pottery stirrup vessel adorned with the highly stylized form of a falcon. Exhibiting a voluminous

**Originally Listed At $2500** Pre-Columbian, Peru, north coast, Chavin, ca. 1200 to 500 BCE. An attractive yet unique pottery stirrup vessel featuring the heads of 4 owls protruding outward, each in

ceramic, H: 18 cm, H: 7,1 inch Provenance: Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany Lit.: Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1998, p. 136, ill. 75

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche III-IV, ca. 200 CE. Something’s fishy about this piece? Seriously fishy! The Moche were avid fisherman who garnered this abundant food source from the coastal