362 - Great Dignitary. Moche, ca. 500 CE. H 43 cm. Clay with an orange-brown glaze and remnants of cream-colored and black paint. Standing man wearing a cap, ear coils, and a necklace with ten leaf-shaped pendants. His impressively modeled face radiates calm and wisdom; both hands rest on his abdomen. One of the largest Moche ceramics! With a TL report by Ralf Kotalla, 1991! Intact. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of R.K., North Rhine-Westphalia; acquired by David Bernstein in May 1991; formerly at Sotheby’s New York, November 20, 1989, Lot 17 (with a copy of the catalog page).

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