Double Spout Vessel Depicting an Abstract Shark with Human Attributes

Provenance

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron (1908–1993), Berlin then Durham, NC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Double Spout Vessel Depicting an Abstract Shark with Human Attributes

Nasca

180 BCE–500 CE

Accession Number

91376

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

17.2 × 12.7 cm (6 13/16 × 5 in.)

Classification

earthenware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment