Ancient Moche (Unknown)
Moche (Peru)
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The Moche civilization flourished on the northern coast of Peru from roughly 100 to 700 CE, producing some of the most expressive and technically accomplished ceramics in the ancient Americas. Their portrait vessels, realistic ceramic heads depicting specific individuals, are unique in pre-Columbian art for their attention to individual features and emotional expression.
Moche artists also produced elaborate stirrup-spout vessels depicting animals, mythological scenes, warfare, and erotic subjects. Their metalwork in gold, silver, and copper was equally sophisticated. The 1987 discovery of the Lord of Sipán tomb, with its spectacular gold funerary objects, revealed the wealth and power of Moche rulers.
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Moche portrait vessels are among the most realistic ceramic sculptures in the ancient Americas. These individual portrait heads, along with narrative stirrup-spout vessels, demonstrate extraordinary artistic skill from coastal Peru (100-700 CE).
The Museo Larco in Lima, Peru has an outstanding collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán in Lambayeque, Peru also hold major works.
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