Portrait bottle
Moche, 100
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, red and cream slip paint, 8 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 5 1/8 in. (20.5 × 17.5 × 13 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Jamosil Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number
1989.180
Portrait of seated man in the form of a spout and handle bottle. This example in bichrome red and cream slip paints shows an aged individual who wears a Type B head cloth. Three vertical incisions are notable on the the cheeks (facial lines or scars?).
