Portrait Bottle with Stirrup-spout
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureMoche
OriginChicama, Moche or Viru Valley, Peru
PeriodEarly Intermediate Period (200 BCE-600 CE)
Date100-700
MediumRed earthenware, slip, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 35 x 22 x 13.7 cm (13 3/4 x 8 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
DescriptionMiddle Mochica stirrup-spout portrait head bottle, Middle Horizon Period, with realistically rendered facial features with downward-cast eyes. It is wearing a broad headdress with projecting knops from the right forehead section, chin-strap, and black bonnet. It is painted in tan, brownish-orange, black, and cream.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.165
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500-700
Object number: G83.1.163
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-700
Object number: G83.1.166
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
800-1000
Object number: G83.1.320
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-700
Object number: G83.1.169
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
900-100 BCE
Object number: G83.1.153
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
900-200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.154
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-500
Object number: G83.1.160
