A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE Jewelry - Gemstones Provenance: Paul Ilton private collection

Provenance:   Paul Ilton private collection

it is the line formed by four stars near Antares

The workmanship is fine and delicate

Pendant drop length: 3/4 inch (1

it represents the batensoda fish (Synodontus batensoda)- a type of catfish that swims upside down and catches bugs that fall on the surface of the water

A Moche Stirrup Bottle with a Seated Man, ca. 200 - 400 CE Jewelry - Gemstones Provenance: Paul Ilton private collectionThis splendid red brown ceramic stirrup bottle is finely rendered by its artisan creator in the form of a man sitting with knees to chest and arms wrapped around his knees, his head turned slightly to the right, with long straight hair, wide eyes, bushy eyebrows, beaked nose, and large ears, wearing a striped poncho with his feet peeking out beneath, a stirrup spout attached at the back Well before the rise of the Inca state in the fifteenth century,