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Moche Stirrup Vessel Depicting an Erotic Scene

SKU PF.2143
Circa

200 AD to 600 AD

Dimensions

6.25″ (15.9cm) high

Medium

Terracotta

Origin

Northern Coast of Peru

Gallery Location

USA


 

Although many ancient cultures equated sexual activity with the concept of fertility, Moche art is almost unique in its directness. There is nothing abstract about a scene; it is a direct celebration of life’s pleasures. If we turn away from it with an air of moral superiority, we are imposing the restraints of our own age upon it. Instead, we should respond joyously to its honesty.

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