Moche
Seated Youth Figurative Bottle
Moche, 2001
Physical Qualities
Ceramic, slip, 6 11/16 x 5 13/16 x 3 3/8 in. (17 x 14.8 x 8.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Lorraine Rosen, Baltimore
Object Number
1996.147
Portrait bottle shows seated youth with cloak (wave design, red on cream) draped over his tunic (wave design with spiral design border, red on cream). Side burns and long hair that extends down the boy's back are created from incisions. A tattoo or face paint is indicated by a black stripe across the mouth. The right and left ears shows three pierce holes where fine gold earrings would have been attached.
Darienne Turner, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ancient Americas Gallery Rotations, December 12, 2021.
On View: Ancient Americas
