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.
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.
See also
Bernard Réquichot (Asnières-sur-Vègre, 1929 – Paris, 1961)
Reliquaire des rencontres de campagne
1960-1961
Gérard Schlosser (Lille, 1931 – Paris, 2022)
Il s’en fout – Le contre-procès de Lens
1971
