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

September 2019 Archaeology

Head of prince
Cyprus, end of the VIth Century BC

June 2019 Fine Arts

Gérard FROMANGER

Le Voyou (série Boulevard des Italiens)
1971

January 2020 Archaeology

A female fertility figure
Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII-XIX, ca. 1550-1291 BC

January 2018 Archaeology

Fish plate
South Italy
340-320 BCE

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