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Vessel

Clay vessel from Old Peru, Moche style, probably early intermediate period, ca. phase IV. Vessel with spherical belly and elongated neck tube and handle attached to the top of the belly and the centre of the neck. The base is made of light yellow clay with red painted cranes and a stripe at the transition between the belly and neck. The object was purchased together with four other Peruvian vessels in 1925 for the collection of the Museum of the City of Ulm by the art dealer Dr Franz Xaver Weizinger.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
H 23 cm, diam. approx. 14 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Museum Ulm
Inventory number
1925.5486

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    440-550 CE (?)
    where
    Department of Lambayeque (?)
    who
    Moche -w- ùwú
  • Change of physical control
    who
    Description
    Sale to the Museum of the City of Ulm 1925

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