Portrait vessel
Artist
Peru
Date200-500 AD
MediumFired clay
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Thomas Wilber
Object number1980.1.24
DescriptionMold-made ceramic portrait vessel; represents a man with one blind eye, raised hair ridge (portrait is only from the neck up - there is no body); his ears have ear ornaments molded to them; the clay is a reddish color and remnants of red and cream color paint still exist.On View
Not on view550-750 A.D.
550-750 A.D.
unknown - late maybe
550-750 A.D.
Moche V (500-700AD) or Chimu (1000-1437)
100-400 A.D.