Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/477

Stirrup spout bottle with flat base and globular body. Terracotta with yellow-cream and red-brown slip. Quadrants have four red-brown profile lizards with dotted faces, curved bodies and long tails. Molded and burnished.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Moche
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 21.4 cm, width 14.9 cm, depth 15.0 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2990/0477