Small bowl with mice
Small bowl with mice
Small bowl with mice
Small bowl with mice

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Small bowl with mice,

100–500 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period
2019-252

Information

Title
Small bowl with mice
Dates

100–500 CE

Medium
Ceramic with white and black slip
Dimensions
h. 5, diam. 12 cm (1 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund
Object Number
2019-252
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

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

"Penny" (colleague of Alan Lapiner), before 1965; Dr. Daniel Rifkin, NY, 1965; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.

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