Globular double-spouted pottery jar, decorated with a pair of birds painted in black, brown and beige on a red ground.

Collection type: Object
Description: Globular double-spouted pottery jar, decorated with a pair of birds painted in black, brown and beige on a red ground.
Long description: Globular double-spouted pottery jar, decorated with a pair of birds painted in black, brown and beige on a red ground. The double spouts form a bridge handle. The base of the vessel is convex and unpainted. The ceramic is fine grained and light orange coloured. [MJD 02/02/2015]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Ica Region Nazca Province
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Nasca
Date collected: By 1952
Acquisition information: Donated: 1952
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Handbuilt, Process Slipped
Dimensions: Diameter 105 mm body, Height 127 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1952.7.25
Research and responses: Information from E. de Bock from the Rijsmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden: This is an early piece. The bird depicted is a condor. It has a double spouted bridge shape. [JN 18/9/2001]

Search terms: Vessel, Pottery

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