Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching,

700–400 BCE

Chavín (northern periphery)
Early Horizon
2001-270

Information

Title
Incised bottle with motifs of supernaturals and light crosshatching
Dates

700–400 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 18.2, diam. 12 cm (7 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick , Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2001-270
Place Made

South America, Peru, Lambayeque, North coast

Period
Chavín horizon
Type
bottles, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
mythology, iconography, heads

[The Merrin Gallery, New York, NY]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2001.

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