http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/3109/vessel ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Vessel http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/3109/vessel 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/3109/vessel http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/3109/vessel Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic Artist Unknown (Nazca) -1 -1 Nazca, South America, Peru, Andean region Ceramic, pigment Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:21:24 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Vessel</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+%28Nazca%29">Artist Unknown (Nazca)</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="-1">1st century B.C.-A.D. 6th 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/>Double-spout vase painted in polychrome with two couchant winged figures. The heads wear an elaborate coiled headdress tipped with plant forms that spring from other parts of the body and from the serpent staff held in left hand of figure. Painted face with long projecting tongue. Wings of figures are decorated with human heads and terminate in feathers. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/3109/vessel Artist Unknown (Nazca)