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Vessel with Reclining Figure and Birds
2200 - 200 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This ceramic vessel features a supine human being pecked by two birds that perch on the vessel’s doughnut-shaped chamber. The identity of the apparently mythical creature modeled in low relief on the sides of the stirrup-shaped spout is unknown. Little can be said about meaning beyond pointing out an obvious reference to death.
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- Title: Vessel with Reclining Figure and Birds
- Date Created: 2200 - 200 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 14.3 x 14.9 cm (5 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: Robert Sonin, New York, NY, gifted to a Private Collector, Private Collector, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.55
- Medium: Ceramic, pigment (cinnabar?)
- Fun Fact: The stirrup-shaped form of the spout is common among Peruvian ceramics and unique to the ancient Americas.
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Andes, north coast, Cupisnique style
- Credit Line: Gift of John and Agneta Solomon
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Accession Number: 2017.55
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