Nazca polychrome double-spout vessel with Mythical Spotted Cat motif, ca. 400 – 600 CE

Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 400 – 600 CE. Polychrome double-spout, or stir-up vessel (jar, or bottle), decorated on both sides with designs of masked Mythical Spotted Cat (or the Cat Deity) with a trophy head. Colors: Black, Cream, Gray, Orange, White, Dark Red, Light Red (8 colors).

Size: 17.2 x 14 cm.

References:

1. A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture through Its Art. Donald A. Proulx. University of Iowa Press, 2006; pp. 88-91. [LIB-1556].
2. The Archaeology and Pottery of Nazca, Peru: Alfred Kroeber’s 1926 Expedition. Alfred L. Kroeber and Donald Collier, edited by Patrick H. Carmichael with an afterword by Katharina J. Schreiber. AltaMira Press in coop. with Field Museum, Chicago, Il., 1998; p.121. [LIB-1557].

Ex Arte Xibalba, Florida; Ex Robert Dowling Gallery, San Francisco, CA.