Bidspirit auction | MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUT SNAKE VESSEL

MOCHE STIRRUP SPOUT SNAKE VESSEL - Ca. AD 300 - 500. A terracotta vessel with a globular body and a prominent stirrup spout. The surface is decorated with four sinuous serpents, their undulating forms arranged symmetrically in red slip against the orange ground. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1992.60.9. Size: 200mm x 140mm; Weight: 485g Provenance: Private UK Collection; Ex. Jack Bregman collection, NYC. Acquired prior to 1969 while in the Peace Corps. By descent to current owner. Collection # 099.