Brownware Jar with Monkey in Relief on Flared Neck

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.

Brownware Jar with Monkey in Relief on Flared Neck

Chimú

1000–1400

Accession Number

9113

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

H.: 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.)

Classification

blackware (black basaltes)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Nathan Cummings