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Feline Vessel
AD 200–850
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This darkware vessel is early Moche and demonstrates the transition from earlier North Coast cultures, which used smudge firing and post-fire pigmentation, to Moche times, which saw the adoption of new, higher-oxygen firing technologies and the use of slips applied before firing.
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Details
- Title: Feline Vessel
- Date Created: AD 200–850
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 17 x 14 x 19.8 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.4
- Medium: ceramic
- Fun Fact: The Moche were known for their fine animal representations.
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Central Andes, North Coast, Moche people, Early Intermediate Period
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Accession Number: 2010.4
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