Object Number | 39-20-40 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Moche |
Provenience | Peru |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Monster | Fish | Man | Lizard |
Description | Water Action Scene. Red ware; red and white paint. Low annular base; modified ovoid body. Figures on top represent a man in elaborate tunic and helmet with half-disc and mushroom-knob, about to lift the cover from a large jar. On shoulder of vessel a man and a lizard partly in high, partly in low relief. Around equator two monster fishes in low relief, painted; others painted below. Stirrup spout. |
Height | 19.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939 |
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