Strap-Handled Vessel in the Form of a Bird with Abstract Pattern on Body

Arts of the Americas

650/150 B.C.

Paracas
Ica Valley, south coast, Peru

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Culture: Nazca
Title: Strap-Handled Vessel in the Form of a Bird with Abstract Pattern on Body
Origin: Peru
Date: Made 650 BCE–150 BCE
Medium: Ceramic with resinous postfire painting
Dimensions: 15.2 × 18.4 cm (6 × 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Nathan Cummings
Reference Number: 1963.879

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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