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
A finger ring depicting Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
Seems to have been created in Alexandria, Egypt, 170-163 and 145-116 BC
Scaraboid commemorating the wild bull hunt of Amenhotep III
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign ofAmenhotep III, (1387 – 1350 BC)
