Ceremonial scene of a sacrifice with 5 figures: in the cente - Lot 131

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Ceremonial scene of a sacrifice with 5 figures: in the cente - Lot 131
Ceremonial scene of a sacrifice with 5 figures: in the center, the victim, naked with a rope around his neck and on either side a warrior with spear and shield, the executioner with sacrificial knife knife, a guardian with a rope and a priest with folded hands. Sacrifice has a highly symbolic symbolic value for the Mochica, who thus integrated the power of their vanquished enemies and gave glory their deities. Brown terracotta with red slip. Mochica culture, Peru 600 - 900 A.D. H. 10.5 cm for each figure Warrior, head broken and glued back together. Provenance : - Francis Briest sale, Hôtel Drouot, April 19, 1983, lot 111. - Collection of M. X., France.
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