Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon,

100–500 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period
2019-246

Information

Title
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a falcon
Dates

100–500 CE

Medium
Ceramic with polychrome slip
Dimensions
13 × 20.3 × 9 cm (5 1/8 × 8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Gillett G. Griffin Art of the Ancient Americas Fund
Object Number
2019-246
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Nazca
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
vessels (containers)
Materials
slip glaze, ceramic
Subject
falcons

Dr. Daniel Rifkin, NY, 1968; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.

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