Stirrup-spout bottle with incised imagery
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureCupisnique
OriginNorthern Highlands, Peru
PeriodEarly Horizon Period (1000-200 BCE)
Date900-100 BCE
MediumEarthenware, black pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 23.1 x 12.7 cm (9 1/8 x 5 in.)
DescriptionChavin stirrup-spout bottle, Early Horizon Period, with half the vessel and spout moulded with a stylized zoomorphic head, possibly a serpent's head, with a scalloped crown. It has a geometric and stippled background and the handle has a projecting knob. It is surrounded by stippling and incised linear motif.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.153
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
900-200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.154
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
900-200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.158
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
800-1000
Object number: G83.1.320
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-700
Object number: G83.1.168
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-700
Object number: G83.1.169
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-500
Object number: G83.1.160
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500-700
Object number: G83.1.163
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-300
Object number: G83.1.187