Molded "Aryballos" Face-bottle
Artist
Inca artist(s)
CultureInca
OriginNorth Coast, Peru
PeriodLate Horizon Period (1000-1530)
Date1450-1532
MediumRed earthenware, pigment, burnishing, and press moulded.
DimensionsOverall: 20.7 x 15.3 x 12 cm (8 1/8 x 6 x 4 3/4 in.)
DescriptionInca polychrome head vessel, North Coast Region, Late Horizon Period, with small head, chewing on a coca-bean, and closely-set eyes. It has pierced lug handles, flaring spout, and is painted in brownish-orange, cream, and dark-brown.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.189
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Moche artist(s)
100-500
Object number: G83.1.160
Artist / Maker: Zacatecas artist(s)
200-500 CE
Object number: G83.1.16.1-.2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-1730
Object number: G83.1.595.1a-b-2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
Artist / Maker: Tembladera artist(s)
900-200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.154
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.621.1-2