Urn With Bean Pods
Artist
Unknown
CulturePeruvian | Pre-Columbian | Chancay
Date900-1350
MediumCeramic | Paint
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 x 3 in. (24.8 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Leroy J. Pearlman
Object number83.636
DescriptionEgg-shaped urn which has bowl-shaped neck with lugs. It is slipped cream and decorated with dark brown paint. At median, on either side, is arched handle. Appliqued on upper side, halfway between two handles, is mold-made double bean painted dark brown. Upper two thirds of vessel and neck are decorated with bands and textile designs in form of zig-zags, triangles and checkboard patterns.
