Spout vessel/jug in form of a bird
Spout vessel/jug in form of a bird

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Spout vessel/jug in form of a bird,

530–650 CE

Nasca
Early Intermediate Period (Late Nasca phase)
y1941-2

Information

Title
Spout vessel/jug in form of a bird
Dates

530–650 CE

Medium
Ceramic with polychrome slip
Dimensions
8.9 × 13.2 × 8.1 cm (3 1/2 × 5 3/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1941-2
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Early Intermediate period, Nazca
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
spouts, jugs, ceramics, polychrome
Materials
pigment, polychrome, slip, ceramic
Subject
birds

[Joseph Brummer Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased by William Randolph Hearst, by 1933 or 1940; [Hearst sale, Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1941]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum in 1941 [1]. [1] In 1941, Hearst liquidated his art collection through a sale that took place at Gimbel Brothers Department Store in New York City, organized by the Hammer Galleries. The original museum object card for this work references "Hearst sale number 1035-15, Vol. 72, p. 4, 6. illus." See: Curatorial file for receipt. See also: Hearst, William Randolph, and Hammer Galleries. 1941. Art Objects & Furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst Collection, Catalogue raisonné Comprising Illustrations of Representative Works Together with Comprehensive Descriptions of Books, Autographs and Manuscripts, and Complete Index. New York: Publishers printing company.

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