Feline-Shaped Bottle
Culture
Moche
Date200–500 CE
Mediumceramic
Dimensions20.3 cm (8 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1929.51
DescriptionPuma stirrup-spout vessel. Red ware, painted, shape of a puma, with double neck on top of the figure. No marks.ProvenanceRaymond Henniker-Heaton, London. (Purchase Sotheby & Co., London, 11/7/27. No. s/4636).
On View
Not on viewabout 1000
1000–1450 CE