The Yossef Maiman Collection - Important Pre-Columbian Pottery and Textile Hammeriste and In Cooperation with David Ben Ami Andres Auctions (Antiquities license number 299)
Lot 51655:
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
For more details on this lot refer to the following number in the link: num 61, p. 91 ( https://issuu.com/hammersite/docs/offerings_for_the_afterlife?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ)
Provenance: 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, Offerings for the Afterlife – Peruvian Pottery from the Maiman Collection, Kal Press LTD, Israel, 2006., p. 91
Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at [email protected]
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