Bottle in the Form of an Amorous Couple

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.

Bottle in the Form of an Amorous Couple

Chimú-Inca

1200–1450

Accession Number

91697

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

20.3 × 19.1 cm (8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Classification

blackware (black basaltes)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment