An Exhibited Moche Rattle Cup with Crayfish Center, Early Intermediate Period - Middle Horizon, ca. 200 - 800 CE
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A pottery chalice with a long tapered pedestal handle with a rattle base. The bowl's interior is decorated in high relief with a crayfish with painted red-brown extended tentacles. The cup is painted with a cream slip interior and base, and red-brown bowl exterior.
Exhibited: Ancient Forms For The Modern Eye, Colnaghi Gallery, NYC, April 17th - July 20, 2018.
Medium: Clay, polychrome
Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches (17.5 x 13.3 cm)
Condition: Scattered mineral deposits on the surface. A shallow rim chip and a partially restored hair line in the rim, otherwise intact. A rare example.
Provenance: Private East coast collection, acquired by the current collection 6/17/89 from Ancient Art of the New World, NYC.
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