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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Double-chambered Vessel with Figures and Camelid

Double-chambered Vessel with Figures and Camelid

1470–1532 (Thermoluminescence date, 1310–1610)
Location: 232 Andean

Did You Know?

When this vessel is filled with liquid and tilted back and forth, the camelid emits a whistling sound.

Description

Under the Chimú, ceramic seems to have been a less important artistic medium than for earlier north coast cultures. Accordingly, ceramics were mass-produced with molds and, rather than bearing painted scenes, often have an overall dark surface achieved by firing in a smoky atmosphere. The double-chambered vessel was made after the Inka conquered the Chimú in the 1460s.
  • Before 1969
    Dr. Maillant, Neuilly Sur Seine, France
    2005
    [Sale: Artcuriel, Paris, France]
    2005-2011
    David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2011-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.112