Spout Vessel Depicting Two Skeletal Figures in Erotic Scene Attached to Handle

Creator Name

Moche Chimbote, Santa Valley, north coast, Peru;
Moche

Cultural Context

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Source

Art Institute of Chicago

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Title

Spout Vessel Depicting Two Skeletal Figures in Erotic Scene Attached to Handle

Creator

Moche Chimbote, Santa Valley, north coast, Peru;
Moche

Worktype

Vessel; earthenware; ceramics; vessel; art of the americas

Cultural Context

Material

Ceramic and pigment; ceramic; inorganic material; pigment

Dimensions

H.: 20.3 cm (8 in.)

Technique

Language

Date

Made: 100 BCE–500 CE

Provenance

Gift of Nathan Cummings; B. J. Wassermann (Bruno John), Buenos Aires, by 1938 [possibly acquired by descent from unnamed grandmother, Argentina, according to personal statement in Ceramics del Antiguo Peru de la Collection Wassermann-San Blas, 1938]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute, 1957.

Style Period

moche; south american; andes; Arts of the Americas; andean

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Peru

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

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