Small gourd-shaped bowl
Small gourd-shaped bowl
Small gourd-shaped bowl
Small gourd-shaped bowl

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Small gourd-shaped bowl,

ca. 400–200 BCE

Paracas
Early Horizon (Ocucaje phases 7-8)
2012-132

Information

Title
Small gourd-shaped bowl
Dates

ca. 400–200 BCE

Medium
Ceramic with post-fire resin paint
Dimensions
h. 5.1, diam. 9.5 cm (2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund
Object Number
2012-132
Place Made

South America, Peru, South coast

Culture
Paracas
Period
Early horizon
Type
bowls (vessels), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
meanders (patterns), geometric patterns, stripes

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.

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