Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals,

200–450 CE

Mochica
Early Intermediate Period (Moche phase III)
2022-20

Information

Title
Stirrup-spout vessel depicting crested animals
Dates

200–450 CE

Medium
Ceramic with cream slip and red slip-paint
Dimensions
h. 21.5, diam. 16.2 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Jr. Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
2022-20
Place Made

South America, Peru, North coast

Inscription
on bottom, in graphite: 187
Culture
Mochica
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
mythical or legendary beings, moons

Joerg Haeberli, since March 27, 1968; Carolyn Haeberli, since Novemver 13, 2017; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2022.

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