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Bottle

Bottle

200–1 BC
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with post-fire resin paint
DimensionsOverall: 15.24 cm (6 in.)
Credit LineGift from the Collection of Shirley and Hy Zaret
Accession number2008.193
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
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Description
The form of this vessel is distinctively Paracas, and the scene depicts a mythical or ritual event. The figure is surrounded by fish and an interwoven motif that may represent water. Food from the sea was a staple of this coastal people, and aquatic themes pervade its art.
ProvenanceSamuel Kirkland Lothrop (b. 1892 - d. 1965), Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA [see note]; March 14, 1998, Lothrop collection and others sale, Skinner Auctioneers (sale 1833), Bolton, MA, lot 27, to Lands Beyond Gallery, New York; sold by Lands Beyond Gallery to Hy and Shirley Zaret, Westport, CT; 2008, gift of Shirley Zaret to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2008)

NOTE: This vessel may have been acquired as early as the 1920s through the 1940s.