Artwork of the month

June 2018 Ethnology

Stirrup-spout bottle in shape of a fox

A fox can hide two others
Familiar animal of our nursery rhymes and our fables, the fox was also very present in the pre-Columbian world. Little wonder of animal sculpture, a Moche fox-shaped vase, recently entered our collections, may illustrate ancient Andean myths in which the fox appears as a being passionately fond of honey.

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Stirrup-spout bottle in shape of a fox
Peru, Moche, phase IV, IVth – Vth Century CE
Moulded and slipped terracotta
24 x 19 x 12.5 cm
FGA-ETH-AM-0164

Provenance
Former collection of Rémy Audouin, 1975
Thence collection of Gérald Berjonneau
Bought at Millon et Associés, Paris, on 20.09.2017, lot 20.

© Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Genève. Photographer : Thierry Ollivier

See also

December 2017 Ethnology
Trumpet-shell or Putoka
End XVIIIth-first part XIXth Century CE
October 2023 Fine Arts

ZAO Wou-Ki (Beijing [CN], 1920 — Nyon [CH], 2013)
30.10.61
30 October 1961

December 2019 Decorative Arts

Allégorie de l’Afrique
Circa 1720-1750
France or Spain

August 2017 Fine Arts
Peter STÄMPFLI
190 L 1
1975
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