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Vessel with Deity Figure100 BCE–600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, South American Symbolic Universes
Spherical ceramic vessel with a short black neck, lower half in natural terracotta, upper half painted in cream slip with a large frontal face and surrounding figures in brick red and black
Ceramic globular vessel with narrow black neck, cream upper body painted in red, dark brown, and black with a large frontal face bearing fanged teeth and smaller figures at the sides, terracotta lower body divided by a horizontal band.
Title
Vessel with Deity Figure
Culture
Nasca
Place Made
Peru, South Coast
Date Made
100 BCE–600 CE
Medium
Polychrome ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 10 1/2 in. (26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.33
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas