On view
Vessel in the form of a bird with a fish in its mouth,
200 BCE–100 CE
Salinar and Mochica Pottery
Mochica art, in metal, mural painting, and ceramic, tends toward naturalism and narrative more than other ancient Andean traditions. The Salinar culture, which preceded Mochica on Peru’s north coast, adapted techniques from the earlier Cupisnique ceramic traditions, incorporating greater attention to refined naturalism as well as a distinctive spout style that is small and tapered, with a round strap-handle. The Mochica preferred the stirrup-spout for their ceramic vessels, which marked them as particularly potent and sacred objects. In general, the Mochica approached ceramic vessels in one of two ways, producing either thoroughly three-dimensional and simply colored vessels or unmodeled shapes with finely drawn narrative scenes in red on a cream ground.
Information
200 BCE–100 CE
South America, Peru, North coast
- Alan Lapiner, Art of Ancient Peru and Ecuador (New York: Arts of the Four Quarters, 1968), cat. no. 35
- Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976)., fig. 756 (illus.)
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"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2018," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 77/78 (2017-18)
, p. 188 (illus.)
