On view
Art of the Ancient Americas
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a bicephalic creature,
ca. 400–200 BCE
Paracas
Early Horizon (Ocucaje phases 7-8)
2012-131
Information
Title
Bridge-spout vessel in the form of a bicephalic creature
Dates
ca. 400–200 BCE
Medium
Ceramic with post-fire resin paint
Dimensions
7.6 × 16.5 × 8.4 cm (3 × 6 1/2 × 3 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund
Object Number
2012-131
Place Made
South America, Peru, South coast
Culture
Period
Type
Materials
Subject
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tishman, New York, by September 1969. Dr. Daniel Rifkin, New York, by early 2007. [Sotheby's Sale in May 17 2007, lot 162, passed]; [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, 2007-2012]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.
- Julie Jones, Pre-Columbian Art in New York: Selections from Private Collections (New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1969)., cat. no. 249 (illus.)
- Sotheby’s. African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, sale code 8320 MIEL. 17 May 2007, New York., lot 162 (illus.)
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2012," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 71/72 (2012-13): p. 105-132., p. 125
