Sican Blackware Whistle Vessel - Ai Apec as Corn God

Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Sican Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1000 CE. A mold-formed blackware pottery stirrup vessel with a frontal figure of Ai Apec - the principal Mochica deity - standi

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca, ca. 1300 to 1500 CE. A remarkable pottery stirrup vessel featuring the Andean god Ai Apec as the corn god. Portrayed traditionally with feline eyes and jaguar fangs, the dei

Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast of Peru, late Moche to Chimu, perhaps Huaylas/Santa, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. A mold-formed pottery vessel depicting the primary Moche god Ai Apec (also Ai Apaec) seated

**Originally Listed At $1000** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 500 to 700 CE. A fascinating black stirrup vessel depicting the mythical episode of the hero deity, Ai Apaec, fight

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA ** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche culture, ca. 300 to 500 CE. Very fine molded pottery jar of ovoid f

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Lambayeque Valley, Middle Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. A charming pottery stirrup whistle vessel displaying a cuboid body, a co

**Originally Listed At $450** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 500 to 800 CE. An impressively rendered blackware ceramic vessel depicting Ai Apec, the supreme deity of the Moche peoples,

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, late Moche to early Sican / Lambayeque, ca. 800 to 900 CE. An amusing, hand-built blackware pottery cup with a rounded base, gradually-taperi

MOCHE STYLE BLACKWARE STIRRUP VESSELPeru, Blackware pottery vessel portraying Ai Apec. 8" height

Moche Style Blackware Ai-Apec Vessel. Size 7-3/8 inches High. x 4-3/8 inches Wide. Estate of David Sheridan, Branchburg, NJ., acquired 1950s to early 2000s, by descent to family.

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase IV, ca. 450 to 700 CE. A fierce pottery stirrup vessel in the form of the head of Ai Apec (also Ai Apaec), the primary god of th

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Moche V, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A classic Moche form, the stirrup vessel, with the body in the form of the transformative god Ai Apec, with a tall, black bird on one ar

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru. Moche III ca. 450 to 550 CE. A very fine and expressive pottery stirrup jar in the menacing form of Ai Apec. Ai Apec was the god of the underworld and just an all-around

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A rare form of vessel, a depiction of the god Ai Apec partially transformed into a snail. Ai Apec, the ch

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III, ca. 350 to 550 CE. A unique bichrome stirrup vessel in the form of the deity Ai Apec as a turtle. The god has anthropomorphic and reptilian elements

Pre-Columbian Late Sican (Lambayeque) to early Chimu Bat Vessel Whistle, Peru. Blackware cube-form bottle with strap handle and surmounted by a smiling bat with spread wings, Provenance: Artemis Galle

Pre-Columbian, north coast of Peru, Lambayeque culture, ca. 750 to 1370 CE. A blackware stirrup jar featuring Naylamp (Naymlap or Ñañlap), a powerful god in pre-Columbian Peru. This vessel features

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

Pre-Columbian, Mochica, North Coast Peru. ca. 300 CE.  Relief decorated tapered ovoid pottery bottle with a stirrup spout. Decorated in relief on both sides depicting two Ai-Apec warriors in battle,

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 1000 to 1350 CE. A striking hand-built blackware pottery vessel on a corseted foot bearing a register of impressed stepped and triangul

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A delightful blackware whistle vessel in the form of 2 barrel-shaped chambers topped by a monkey on one side and a spout on the other. Cr

Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 to 800 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel of a flat-bottomed form featuring Ai Apec - the primary deity of the Moche peoples - standing amongst a plethora

Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Lambayeque Valley, Middle Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. A remarkable mold-made pottery stirrup vessel, presenting in the form of 6 gourds organized into 2

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fascinating, intact example of one of the classic forms of pre-Columbian pottery - the Moche stirrup vessel, in the form of an an