Stirrup spout vessel with supernatural being's head

1200-500 BCE (Initial Period-Early Horizon)

15.9 cm 22.2 cm 15.9 cm

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This “stirrup-spout” vessel is striking in its contrast of polished and rough surfaces. On the top, stippled areas contrast with highly polished zones, incised with face of a supernatural creature shown in profile. It seems to combine elements of several different creatures, i...

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Mr. Alexis Forrester, London, before the late 1970s [mode of acquisition unknown]; Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1989, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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संस्कृति
Cupisnique
माध्यम
earthenware

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