One of the most salient forms of Nasca polychrome ceramics is the double-spout bottle. The bottles were used for liquid storage and range in size, although most are relatively small. These bottles exhibit some of the best quality painting and most complex iconography. The body portion is typically hand modeled. Press forms were used to create the spouts and bridge. This lightweight bottle is painted with a repeating frog motif. A vertical white line separates each of the 4 motifs. Eight identical lúcuma motifs are painted on the lower base portion of the bottle. A dark vertical line separates each. Lúcuma is a fruit indigenous to the Andes and is a common design element in Nasca iconography (Proulx 2006: fig. 5.235). Striped frogs are equally common in Nasca iconography and are indigenous to the arid south coast (Proulx 2006: 160). The position and length of the spouts, iconography, and bottle shape indicate a stylistic date “Nasca 2/3,” which roughly corresponds to the third century (see Proulx 2006: plates 28-31). -Lisa DeLeonardis, June 2016