Double Spout and Bridge Vessel Depicting Incised and Painted Abstract Feline Face

Arts of the Americas

650/150 B.C.

Paracas
Ica Valley, south coast, Peru

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Paracas
Title: Double Spout and Bridge Vessel Depicting Incised and Painted Abstract Feline Face
Place: Peru (Object made in)
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Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 13.3 × 15.2 cm (5 1/4 × 6 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Nathan Cummings
Reference Number: 1963.874
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B. J. Wassermann (Bruno John), Buenos Aires, by 1938 [possibly acquired by descent from unnamed grandmother, Argentina, according to personal statement in Ceramics del Antiguo Peru de la Collection Wassermann-San Blas, 1938]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y., 1962; by exchange to the Art Institute, 1963 [documentation in curatorial file].

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