http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/11160/jar ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Jar http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/11160/jar 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/11160/jar http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/11160/jar Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic Artist Unknown (Moche) 300 300 Moche, South America, Peru, Upper Piura Valley Ceramic, pigment Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:06:32 -0500 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Jar</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28Moche%29">Artist Unknown (Moche)</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="300">4th century</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> Not on view. </td> </tr> </table><br/>Large vase with a figure in relief representing the god of corn, standing between two peaks of the Sierras. This symbolical representation of the mountain peaks grew out of the fact that often only patch of snow on them are visible at a distance. Shape Vicus (?). http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/11160/jar Artist Unknown (Moche)