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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Moche Stirrup Vessel, 200 CE - 600 CE

Moche Stirrup Vessel, 200 CE - 600 CE

Terracotta
8.5
PF.1869
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A strong moral tone runs through Moche art, reflecting the darker realities of life and death. This powerful vessel depicts three corpses, a male and two females, seated together in...
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A strong moral tone runs through Moche art, reflecting the darker realities of life and death. This powerful vessel depicts three corpses, a male and two females, seated together in friendly embrace. Though their flesh is decomposing and their bodies are skeletal, their sexual organs are prominently displayed, a macabre menage-a-trois. The implication, as in any 'Memento Mori,' is clearly that death overtakes all sensual pleasures in the end. We recognize in this hypnotic sculpture a Universal, inescapable truth that binds all people together. Its message speaks all boudaries of time and culture.
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