Canteen-Shaped Vessel Item Number: 41.420 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
A canteen-shaped jar with polychrome designs outlined in black on a brown slip. The vessel has a tall thin neck, slightly flared rim, and a small handle on one shoulder. The jar's decoration is dominated with two snarling feline figures, one on each side, and the rim with alternating black and beige rectangles. The surface is heavily burnished. Condition: good.
Credit Line
Henry L. Batterman Fund
Item History
- Made between 650 and 1000
What
Who
- Culture
- Wari
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 650 and 1000
Other
- Classification
- Vessel