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Lot 51044:
A representation of the deity seated between the mountain’s six peaks and protected by two bicephalic serpents companions. The great number and variety of mountain scenes in Moche art indicate the important role of this divinity in the local pantheon and beliefs.
Height: 20 cm
Catalogue: 61 (for more details, refer to this number in the literature here: https://shorturl.at/bCKRV)
Provenance: Private collection, Jean Pierre Cottier and Fiorella Cottier-Angeli, Geneva, Switzerland. Purchased by Yossef Maiman between 2000-2008. Estate of Yossef Maiman.
Literature: Makowski, Krzystof, Rosenzweif, Alfredo, Diaz Jimenes, Maria Jesus, Weaving for the Afterlife – Peruvian Textiles from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006.
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