Urpu (Storage Jar)

Artist Unknown (Inka (Inca)) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:21:26 -0400

Title	Urpu (Storage Jar)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Inka (Inca))
Date	15th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G260

Jar, aryballos type, with two handles near base. A diminutive animal head in relief appears at the base of the neck. The front of the body is decorated with vertical panels separated by narrow bands, painted with lozenge and sawtooth motifs in red, black, mauve and white. The flaring neck is painted with horizontal bands of elongated lozenges in red and black, and under the rim is a border of reciprocal sawtooth pattern in the same colors. The back of the jar is painted brick red with a band of interlocking 'X' forms extending half-way around the shoulders.Aryballos (MWS)

Urpu (Storage Jar)

Urpu (Storage Jar)

Urpu (Storage Jar)

Artist Unknown (Inka (Inca))

15th century