Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Bridge-spout vessel with foxes,

250–500 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period (Middle Nasca phase)
2019-231

Information

Title
Bridge-spout vessel with foxes
Dates

250–500 CE

Medium
Ceramic and polychrome slip
Dimensions
h. 14, diam. 15.2 cm (5 1/2 × 6 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund
Object Number
2019-231
Place Made

South America, Peru, South Coast

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

Louis Slavitz, before 1962; Dr. Franz L. Epstein. 1961-1970; Ernst Barish, 1970-2018; [David Bernstein Fine Arts, New York, NY, 2018]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.

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