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Little is known of the meaning of the beautifully abstracted felines so often incised on Paracas ceramics. The designs achieve much of their complexity through color applied as resin-based paint after the vessel was fired in a smoky atmosphere that blackened its surface. Two spouts joined by a bridge appear on many fine South Coast ceramics. The form probably had meaning, now lost.
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126267
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Vessel with Feline
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126267
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object
title
Vessel with Feline
description
Little is known of the meaning of the beautifully abstracted felines so often incised on Paracas ceramics. The designs achieve much of their complexity through color applied as resin-based paint after the vessel was fired in a smoky atmosphere that blackened its surface. Two spouts joined by a bridge appear on many fine South Coast ceramics. The form probably had meaning, now lost.
date
700 BCE–1 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60756823
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.); Overall: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style (700 BCE–1 CE)
accession
1948.477
Source extras
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earthenware, resin-based paint
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Vessel with Feline, 700 BCE–1 CE. Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style (700 BCE–1 CE). Earthenware, resin-based paint; diameter: 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.); overall: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise, 1948.477
collection
AA - Andes
didYouKnow
Small, wild, reclusive felines, pampas cats live on the margins of agricultural fields, where they prey on rodents and other pests that are a farmer’s bane
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Gift of John Wise
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2026-05-29 06:31:54.553000
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126267
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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earthenware, resin-based paint
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1
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photo
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