Vessel in the Shape of a Peccary
Terracotta is excellent for conveying sympathetically the earthbound, seemingly inert quality of this sleeping peccary (a wild pig native to Peru) plopped on the ground. Pre-Columbian potters often adapted distended animal shapes for vessels. This modest piece, made for a midd...
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26184
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Robert L. Beare, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1981, by gift.
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1
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2453 |
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