The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 24, 2025

Feline Vessel

200–850 CE
Overall: 17 x 14 x 19.8 cm (6 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 7 13/16 in.)
Location: 232 Andean

Did You Know?

The Moche were known for their fine animal representations.

Description

This darkware vessel is early Moche and demonstrates the transition from earlier North Coast cultures, which used smudge firing and post-fire pigmentation, to Moche times, which saw the adoption of new, higher-oxygen firing technologies and the use of slips applied before firing.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2010.4