Flask with monkey
Flask with monkey

Currently not on view

Flask with monkey,

15th century CE

y1959-214

Information

Title
Flask with monkey
Dates

15th century CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 22.3 cm., w. 18.9 cm., d. 12.5 cm. (8 3/4 x 7 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1959-214
Place Made

South America, Peru

Marks/Labels/Seals
Written in ink on label adhered to bottom: Bought at auction in New York. Sold as Peruvian.
Period
Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods
Type
figurines, flasks (bottles), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
geometric patterns

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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