Vessel with Feline
700 BC-AD 1
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Vessel with Feline, 700 BC-AD 1. Peru, South Coast, Paracas (Cavernas) style (700 BC-AD 1). Earthenware, resin-based paint; diameter: 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.); overall: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1948.477 Small, wild, reclusive felines, pampas cats live on the margins of agricultural fields, where they prey on rodents and other pests that are a farmer’s bane
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- earthenware, resin-based paint
- Medium
- earthenware, resin-based, paint
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.); Overall: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1948.477
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Wise
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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