Spouted Vessel (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Pre-Columbian artists frequently borrowed designs and motifs from one art form for use in a different medium. In the case of this vessel, textile patterns commonly found on Paracas burial shrouds have been incised and painted to suggest the body of a bird. Such borrowing and combining of artistic forms underscore the complex interwoven symbolism attached to all Pre-Columbian artistic production.
Pre-Columbian
Early Horizon
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
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