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SKU: PP2324

An Exhibited Moche Rattle Cup with Crayfish Center, Early Intermediate Period - Middle Horizon, ca. 200 - 800 CE

Sale price¥36,714.00 CNY

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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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An Exhibited Moche Rattle Cup with Crayfish Center, Early Intermediate Period - Middle Horizon, ca. 200 - 800 CE
An Exhibited Moche Rattle Cup with Crayfish Center, Early Intermediate Period - Middle Horizon, ca. 200 - 800 CE Sale price¥36,714.00 CNY

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