Double-Spout-and-Bridge Jar
| Culture | Nazca |
|---|---|
| Title | Double-Spout-and-Bridge Jar |
| Date | 1–500 |
| Medium | Clay and pigment |
| Dimensions | Object: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 in. (20 × 16.5 cm) Overall: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (20 x 16.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 62.180 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
Double-spout-and-bridge vessel with a spherical body, decorated with red, yellow, white, and brown pigment with black pigment almost entirely used for outline. In the central portion of the vessel an animal is depicted.
Flourishing on Peru’s south coast, the Nazca culture is known for polychrome ceramics that emphasize painted imagery—here, a feline—rather than sculptural form. This jar’s form, globular, with two spouts joined by a flat handle (the “bridge”), seems to have been developed by the Paracas culture, Nazca’s predecessor on the south coast, but it is very common in Nazca ceramics. However, unlike Paracas style, in which color was applied to ceramics after they were fired, Nazca ceramists applied colored slip before firing, resulting in more durable decoration.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Double-Spout-and-Bridge Jar | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=62.180