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

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

Perù

argilla- a stampo

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

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.