Double-Spout Bridge Vessel in the form of a Double-Headed Serpent

Provenance

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron (1908–1993), Berlin then Durham, NC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Double-Spout Bridge Vessel in the form of a Double-Headed Serpent

Tiwanaku

600–1000

Accession Number

91455

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

13.5 × 19.7 cm (5 5/16 × 7 3/4 in.)

Classification

earthenware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment