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Tall Necked Jar100–600 CE

Not on view
Ceramic portrait vessel with a globular terracotta-orange body, modeled human face with painted features, a tall conical dark brown spout, and concentric dotted cream bands at the shoulder

Unknown, Tall Necked Jar, 100–600 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Tall Necked Jar
Culture
Nasca or Wari
Place Made
Peru
Date Made
100–600 CE
Period
Early Period
Medium
Ceramic, hand built, slip painted, burnished, fired
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 4 in. (19.05 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.18
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas