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Single Spouted Jar in Shape of Man's Head200–500 CE

Not on view
Ceramic portrait vessel in the form of a human head with a stirrup spout, salmon slip with brick-red painted headband and facial markings, modeled facial features

Unknown, Single Spouted Jar in Shape of Man's Head, 200–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Single Spouted Jar in Shape of Man's Head
Culture
Moche
Place Made
Peru
Date Made
200–500 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
5 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (14.61 x 13.34 x 8.26 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.6
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas