File:Moche - Portrait Vessel - Walters 482827.jpg

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Portrait Vessel   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Moche)Unknown author
Title	Portrait Vessel
Description	English: The peoples of America before Columbus rarely made portraits of historical individuals, rather they created more general representations. The great majority of these were created in two cultural traditions, the Maya of Mexico and Central America and the Moche, or Mochica of South America, who were contemporaries (though they were not in contact). Although the Moche also excelled in gold and copper work, perhaps their best-known works are ceramic vessels, such as this mold-formed example which has hand-modeled details. We do not know what was stored in these vessels; some appear to have been made for the tomb, whereas other shattered examples have been recovered in ancient trash dumps. They are likely images of famous potentates or warriors (some are depicted in martial attire), and were used in rituals.
Date	AD 50-800 (Early Intermediate-Middle Horizon)
Medium	red, orange and gray earthenware
Dimensions	height: 20.9 cm (8.2 in); width: 16.5 cm (6.5 in); depth: 13.9 cm (5.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,20.96U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,16.51U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,13.97U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	48.2827
Place of creation	Peru
Object history	[Dr. Ernest Lira, Houston and Denver (?), or Dr. Peter Almendariz, Denver (?), or M. Brenner, Geneva (?)] Paul Shepard, Tucson, Arizona [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Private collection, 1988, by purchase 2009: given to Walters Art Museum
Credit line	Anonymous gift, 2009
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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