Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel
Resist-decorated vessel

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Resist-decorated vessel,

100 BCE–600 CE

Gallinazo (Virú)
Early Intermediate Period (Gallinazo Negative)
2021-242

Information

Title
Resist-decorated vessel
Dates

100 BCE–600 CE

Medium
Ceramic with orange and brown slip-paint, resist application
Dimensions
h. 16.6, diam. 16 cm (6 9/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund
Object Number
2021-242
Place Made

South America, Peru, North coast, Virú Valley

Inscription
in black paint, inner edge of base: 561464 COF CoXX-C4XX in white paint, on bottom: X.462
Culture
Gallinazo
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
ceramics, vessels (containers)
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
monkeys, owls

Joerg Haeberli, since March 27 1968; Carolyn Haeberli, since Novemver 13 2017; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2021.

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