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A Moche Seated Chieftan Effigy Vessel, ca. 500 - 800 CE Medium - Faience Medium: Green serpentine

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Medium: Green serpentine

likely representing celestial bodies (such as stars or planets) or divine emblems

The hollow crescent bodies of this pair of large Eastern Roman boat-shaped earrings terminate in wire hoops and are decorated on the front with applied drop-shaped box settings inlaid using glass

Perhaps the most engaging and distinctive groups of Tang funerary sculpture is the one representing ladies of the court

A Moche Seated Chieftan Effigy Vessel, ca. 500 - 800 CE Medium - Faience Medium: Green serpentineA very fine effigy vessel in the form of a chieftan sitting cross legged with his hands on his knees, wearing a plain red brown tunic, white loincloth, and white hood underneath a wide headband with two snarling fox heads with three dimensional ears along the front. The chieftan's face is decorated with two snake tattoos, winding down from the outer corners of his eyes and enveloping his mouth with their heads. A stirrup spout is attached to the back

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