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Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

3111/17

Bottle with stirrup spout with globular body and ring base. Orange-brown slip with cream decoration. Three panels with high relief profile dogs, divided by bands of pyramids with step pattern at sides, and zigzag designs. Well preserved.

  • Narrative

    Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.

  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Cupisnique
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 25.7 cm, diameter 17.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell, Rosemarie L. Tovell
  • Received from Susan Moogk, Rosemarie L. Tovell, Peter H.M. Tovell, Patricia Skahan
  • Made in Peru
  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
  • Collection Date during 1947
  • Ownership Date before May 21, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on May 21, 2015
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3111/0017

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