Vessel in the Form of Pepino Peppers

180 B.C./A.D. 500

Nazca
South coast, Peru

On View: Arts of the Americas, Gallery 136

Culture: Nazca
Title: Vessel in the Form of Pepino Peppers
Origin: Peru
Date: 180 BC–500 AD
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 15.4 × 17.3 cm (6 1/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.2151

Walter Lehmann and Dr. Heinrich Doering, Kunstgeschichte des Alten Peru (Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1924), pl. 22 (ill.).
Walter Lehmann and Heinrich Doering, Ph.D., The Art of Old Peru (Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., 1924), pl. 22 (ill.)
Walter Lehmann and Heinrich Doering, The Art of Old Peru, reissued (Hacker Art Books, 1975), pl. 22 (ill.).

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron, Berlin then Durham S.C. and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1955.

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