Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox,

200–450 CE

Mochica
Early Intermediate Period (Moche phase III)
y1992-65

Information

Title
Stirrup-spout vessel in the form of a seated fox
Dates

200–450 CE

Medium
Burnished redware ceramic with cream slip
Dimensions
24 × 11.4 × 21.3 cm (9 7/16 × 4 1/2 × 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1992-65
Place Made

South America, Peru, North coast

Culture
Early Intermediate period, Mochica
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
spouts, ceramics, vessels (containers)
Materials
slip, redware
Techniques
burnishing (polishing)
Subject
foxes

Purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1992.

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