Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel
Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel

Moche BlackWare Janiform Pottery Portrait Head Stirrup Vessel

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Early Intermediate Period, circa 400 to 700 AD.

A fine reduction-fired blackware stirrup-spout vessel originates from the Moche (Mochica) culture of the northern coast of Peru, dating to the Measuring  the vessel features a janiform configuration depicting two back-to-back human faces, each rendered with naturalistic, serene facial expressions, prominent nose structures, almond-shaped eyes, and circular ear ornaments (orejeras) extending along the sides. A sweeping arched stirrup handle joins the top of both heads, terminating in a tall, upright vertical spout. Functionally, Moche portrait vessels and janiform stirrup bottles served dual roles as specialized ritual containers for liquid offerings during civic-religious ceremonies and as prestigious funerary grave goods (offrendas) placed within elite burials to represent status, duality, or ancestral lineage. 

A comparable piece displaying Moche portraiture and stirrup-spout construction is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession number 82.1.28 (Bottle with portrait head, Moche, 500–800 AD).

Size 10-5/8 inches (27cm) height.
Estate of Rael Gleitsman. MFA Cermaics RISD, Fall River MA  02720, Acquired 1980s.

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