Stirrup Spout Vessel with Relief Depicting a Mythic Hunting Scene

Arts of the Americas

A.D. 1200/1450

Chimú
North coast, Peru

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Culture: Chimú
Title: Stirrup Spout Vessel with Relief Depicting a Mythic Hunting Scene
Origin: North Coast
Date: Made 1200–1450
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: H. 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Nathan Cummings
Reference Number: 1957.582

B.J. (Bruno John) Wassermann-San Blas, Ceramics del Antiguo Peru de la Collection Wassermann-San Blas [with introduction by Heinz Lehmann] (Wassermann-San Blas, Buenos Aires, 1938), p. 36, cat. 56 (ill.).

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 Art Institute, 1957.

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