Jar in the Form of a Jaguar Head

Provenance

B. J. Wassermann-San Blás (born c. 1874), Buenos Aires, by 1938 [Wassermann-San Blás, 1938]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.

Jar in the Form of a Jaguar Head

Tiwanaku

700–1000

Accession Number

9142

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

H.: 14.3 cm (6 5/8 in.)

Classification

earthenware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Nathan Cummings

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