Jar Shaped like an Curling Insect with Single Spout in the Form of a Human Head

Provenance

B. J. Wassermann-San Blás (born c. 1874), Buenos Aires, by 1938 [Wassermann-San Blás, 1938]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1957.

Jar Shaped like an Curling Insect with Single Spout in the Form of a Human Head

Chimú

1200–1450

Accession Number

6901

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

15.2 × 26.7 × 25.7 cm (6 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/8 in.)

Classification

earthenware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Nathan Cummings