Moche Bat Vessel
Peru
200 - 800 AD
Height 6 3/4”
Provenance: Daine Calvin, AZ
This bat, illustrates Moche artists’ keen interest in realism and in capturing activity at its peak. Moche bat symbolism may be linked to the animal’s paradoxical traits—for instance, bats fly but have fur rather than feathers. Such traits may have caused the Moche to link bats with transitional states, such as the passage between life and death.
Peru
200 - 800 AD
Height 6 3/4”
Provenance: Daine Calvin, AZ
This bat, illustrates Moche artists’ keen interest in realism and in capturing activity at its peak. Moche bat symbolism may be linked to the animal’s paradoxical traits—for instance, bats fly but have fur rather than feathers. Such traits may have caused the Moche to link bats with transitional states, such as the passage between life and death.
Peru
200 - 800 AD
Height 6 3/4”
Provenance: Daine Calvin, AZ
This bat, illustrates Moche artists’ keen interest in realism and in capturing activity at its peak. Moche bat symbolism may be linked to the animal’s paradoxical traits—for instance, bats fly but have fur rather than feathers. Such traits may have caused the Moche to link bats with transitional states, such as the passage between life and death.