Elongated jar with rounded bottom. Body of pot is wide at shoulder, inclining smoothly toward the pointed base. Rim is cup-shaped, surrounding a smaller mouth, with two small protuberances at either side. It sits on a smaller, bulbous neck. Two small handles span from neck to shoulder, beneath the rim’s protuberances. Half the pot is painted brown, and half a light yellow-white, with a small step design of the opposite side’s colour sitting below the neck on each side.

• 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.

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• Type of Item pot
• Culture Chancay
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 27.0 cm, diameter 21.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk
• Received from Susan Moogk

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• Made in Chancay

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• Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
• Collection Date during 1965
• Ownership Date before July 25, 2017
• Acquisition Date on July 25, 2017

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3256.0002