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Globular jar with modelled skull face on spout200–750 CE

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with spherical reddish-brown body, short cylindrical neck, and a modeled human face in cream-colored slip at the shoulder

Unknown, Globular jar with modelled skull face on spout, 200–750 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photograph © Justin Kerr

Title
Globular jar with modelled skull face on spout
Culture
Moche
Place Made
Peru, North Coast
Date Made
200–750 CE
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 1/5 in. (8.128 cm); 11 x 8 x 8 in. (27.94 x 20.32 x 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.91
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas