The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Vessel with Stirrup Spout
1900s (thermoluminescence date)
Overall: 22.8 x 17.2 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.)
Purchase, Bequest of Helen Humphreys 1968.192
Location: not on view
Description
The stirrup spout first appeared on the North Coast in the ceramics of the Cupisnique culture, a Chavín contemporary, and remained an important North Coast spout form until the time of the Spanish conquest. It probably had symbolic meaning, now lost.- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 295 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 399 archive.orgCleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 73, no. 77The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. archive.org
- Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; June 29- September 5, 1982. " The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art." cat. no. 77, repr. p. 73.The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America. The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (organizer) (April 12-May 31, 1970).Norfolk, VA: Norfolk Museum of Arts & Sciences; April 12- May 31, 1970. " The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America."Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
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Source URL:
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