Vase with a bridge shaped handle representing the head of a jaguar

Foto di Vaso con ansa a ponte raffigurante una testa di giaguaro

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Titolo dell'opera:

Vase with a bridge shaped handle representing the head of a jaguar

Acquisizione:

Mario Marini Montesoro 1957 donazione

Ambito culturale:

ambito Moche I-II

Object Type:

head shaped vase

Epoca:

III b.C. - VIII a.C. - 300 b.C. - 800 a.C.

Misure:

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 19.5; Larghezza: 15; Profondità: 12

Provenienza (nazione):

Perù

Tecnica:

argilla- a stampo

Ultimi prestiti:

Vero o falso? Modellare per capire. Laboratorio permanente di ceramica precolombiana. - Genova, Laboratorio didattico Sant'Agostino - 2000-2001<br>L'America indigena nelle collezioni del Civico Istituto Colombiano di Genova - Genova, Palazzo Doria - 1990

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Descrizione:
Vase with a slightly convex bottom. The body in the shape of the head of a jaguar is light brown, has open fangs and rielief teeth of cream color, The nose is in relief with horizontal incisions painted in red and brown, while the whiskers are beige, red and brown. The concentrical circles represent the eyes, incised and painted in browns, like the painted eye-brows. The ears are in relief, incised and painted in beige and brown and are shaped at the base of the two cylindrical spouts, with a red painted rim. The handle in the shape of a bridge is decorated with two patterns, a Greek fret and triangular motifs, painted in red.