Handeled Jar with Painted Relief Depicting Figure with Animals

Arts of the Americas

1000/1476

Lambayeque or Tiwanaku
Central or north coast, Peru

The subtly raised design on this ceramic jar depicts a warrior wearing a crescent headdress and holding a staff. This figure is surrounded by fish, a hawk-human hybrid, and a serpent, which create a dynamic scene that emphasizes the cultural importance of animals and their imagery.

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Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Lambayeque
Title: Handeled Jar with Painted Relief Depicting Figure with Animals
Place: Peru (Object made in)
Date: Made 1000–1476
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 22.4 × 17.5 cm (8 13/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1955.2376
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Art Institute of Chicago, Super/Natural: Textiles of the Andes, Feb. 23-June 16, 2019, no cat.

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron, Berlin then Durham, SC, 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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