Double-Spout-and-Bridge Vessel

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Culture Paracas

Title Double-Spout-and-Bridge Vessel

Date 600–300 BCE

Medium Clay and pigment

Dimensions Object: 6 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (16.5 × 18.7 cm)
Overall: 6 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (16.5 × 18.8 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wardwell, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 90.70

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This vessel illustrates the historical preference of ceramicists from southern Peru for decorative two-dimensional surfaces which rely on line and color to create their images. The vessel also shows the post-fire resin paint that is a hallmark of Paracas ceramics. The paint originally was very smooth and shiny but also fragile, since exposure to heat or excess moisture would cause the paint to blister or deteriorate. The somewhat dull and powdery colors on many surviving Paracas ceramics, including this one, are a result of this sort of deterioration.

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