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Single Spouted Jar200–500 CE

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Ceramic stirrup-spout vessel in terra-cotta red-orange, modeled in the form of a crouching animal with incised facial features and a looping handle connecting to a narrow cylindrical spout

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

Title
Single Spouted Jar
Culture
Moche
Place Made
Peru
Date Made
200–500 CE
Medium
Ceramic, mold made with later hand modeling, slip painted buff and red, some burnishing, fired with some areas of flash causing black-gray marks
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (20.96 x 10.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.73.48.53
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas