Bottle
Physical description
Whistling black-brown polished bottle with a slight flat base and bridge handle. Two lobed form with strap handle between. One lobe has an open spout, falcon head containing hollow sphere with hole positioned above opening in lobe below. Falcon has feline ears, wings in form of broad feline arms. Dotted reed stamp circles on shoulder, two “eye of god” motifs on tail. Preserved red-brown, orange-brown and dark green paints. Breakage restored.
Date Made
Early Paracas (900 B.C.E.-200 B.C.E.)
Date Acquired
15 Jan 2013
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Erika and Alan R Sawyer Collection of Pre-Columbian ArtMore...
Measurements
Overall: 14.6 cm x 14.6 cm x 10.5 cm
Object Number
2990/196