Stirrup Spout Vessel in the Form of a Crouching Animal, Possibly a Monkey

100 B.C./A.D. 500

Moche
Chimbote, Santa Valley, north coast, Peru

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Culture: Moche
Title: Stirrup Spout Vessel in the Form of a Crouching Animal, Possibly a Monkey
Origin: Peru
Date: 100 BC–500 AD
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: H. 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Nathan Cummings
Reference Number: 1958.697

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. 110, cat. 194 (ill.).

B. J. Wassermann (Bruno John), Buenos Aries, 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, 1958.

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