Vtg Peruvian Moche Portrait Head Stirrup Spout Vessel Museum Reproduction - 11"
This unique Portrait Head is not marked. I purchased it at a local Thrift shop in Walnut Creek CA. There was a tag attached that the person who donated it put on it.
"Vintage Portrait Head- Stirrup Spout Vessel Peruvian"
The face is gentle with a dark spot on the end of the nose and again some black above the left eye and on the head. A few more black spots on the back of the head. No marking on the bottom. One sticker with the number 108.
The other's I see on the internet say Reproduction, I really don't know anything about this unique find.
No repairs or cracks to mention. Inside the vessel is black. Please see all photos and video for actual condition.
Measurements:
11 1/2" tall to tip of spout
7 1/2" to top of face
6 1/2" wide
5" deep at base
Weight is 2 pounds
Thank you for looking.
Inventory #2768
Below is information about he vessel.
Sculptural pottery vessels decorated with remarkably realistic portraits: The cadaverous face symbolizes the underworld, where the dead dwell; the man wearing a headdress represents the earthly world inhabited by humans; and the figure with feline fangs evokes the celestial world of the gods.