PRE-COLUMBIAN MOCHE CERAMIC EFFIGY STIRRUP-SPOUT VESSEL Ca. AD 100 - 600. A ceramic effigy vessel modelled in the form of a human head with a prominent stirrup-shaped spout. The face is rounded with exaggerated features, including full cheeks, large almond-shaped eyes, arched brows, and a broad mouth with thin lips and visible teeth. The ears are pronounced, and the hair is rendered in relief with vertical ridges, terminating in a straight fringe above the brow. The back of the head rises into a looped handle which connects to the vertical spout. Size: 320mm x 150mm; Weight: 860g Provenance: Washington, D.C Private collection, acquired on the French art market, Galerie Mercure, Paris (12/16/2011); Ex Bernard Michaut, an old French Collection before the 1970s. For similar see: Christopher Donnan: Moche Art of Peru #156iu. Banco del Sur's: Arte e Historia del Peru Antiguo: Coleccion Enrico Poli Bianchi #69.