Nasca
Jar with Masked Feline Design
Nasca, 400
Physical Qualities
Ceramic, polychrome slip, 6 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in. (16 x 11 x 8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Price
Object Number
1953.34.3
Polychrome painted jar bears two design registers. Upper register shows two masked felines with outstretched paws. Tongue terminates in fruit, probably lúcuma. Lower register is sectioned into two design fields. One shows checkerboard pattern. Opposite field shows two rows of mice.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1953 - Present; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent L. Price, ?? - 1953
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Myths of Ancient Peru," October 7, 1969 to November 30, 1969, Circulated to Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Forida; Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; Isaac Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana; Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, Alabama; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia; and Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina (all precise exhibition dates are unknown).
Darienne Turner, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ancient Americas Gallery Rotations, December 12, 2021.
Darienne Turner, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ancient Americas Gallery Rotations, December 12, 2021.
Kidder II, Alfred
1954. Six Polychrome Vessels from Nazca. In BMA News 17(3):2-6. Fig. 3
On View: Ancient Americas
