The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 10, 2026

A cream ceramic vessel features a bulbous body and a red-brown stirrup handle, the center from which protrudes a vertical spout. Red-brown molded and painted designs decorate the body, depicting a figure with a beak-like nose and large eye reaching toward a large fish with patterned scales and a flared tail. The vessel shows signs of age, with worn and faded patches across its surface.

Bottle

c. 300–500 CE

Peru, Chimú

pottery
Overall: 24 x 15.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. J. Livingstone Taylor 1919.630
Location: Not on view
  • An Approach to Museum Objects. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-June 30, 1958).
    An Approach to Museum Objects, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, (March 4 - June 30, 1958).
    Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).
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