Stirrup Spout Vessel with Painted Motifs
- Artist Culture
- Moche
- Period
- Middle Horizon period, c.600–1000
- Date
- c.600–800
- Material
- Ceramic with pigment
- Classification
- Ceramics, containers
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 111
- Dimensions
- 8 1/2 x 5 x 5 in. (21.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Lionberger Davis
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 125:1954
NOTES
On opposite sides of this vessel, a female figure sits in a crescent-shaped boat. She is shown in profile wearing a woven net shirt and plumed headdress. A tiered train hangs down her back and a large earspool adorns her ear. The two boat scenes are divided by a creature composed of features from a manta ray and a sea anemone. The spout is decorated with a repeating war bundle motif, likely the symbol of San José de Moro. Located in the lower Jequetepeque Valley, the site of San José de Moro produced distinctive fineline painted vessels not found at any other place or time in Moche history. These vessels were produced during a time when ceramic scenes shifted from depictions of human activities to the supernatural with an emphasis on marine creatures and ocean settings.
(April 2013)
Provenance
- c.1949–50
A. Salazar, Lima, Peru
c.1949–50 - 1954
J. Lionberger Davis (1878-1973), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from A. Salazar [1]
1954 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by J. Lionberger Davis [2]
Notes:
[1] According to a list of objects given to the museum by J. Lionberger Davis, this object was purchased from "Salazar in Peru in 1949-50." A note found on the accession record further identifies it was purchased from "A. Salazar, Lima, Peru" [SLAM document files].
[2] A letter dated December 15, 1954 from Perry T. Rathbone, director of the City Art Museum, to Davis acknowledges the gift of this object as part of a larger donation [Director's Office, Donor Files, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 9, 1954.
A. Salazar, Lima, Peru
c.1949–50 - 1954
J. Lionberger Davis (1878-1973), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from A. Salazar [1]
1954 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by J. Lionberger Davis [2]
Notes:
[1] According to a list of objects given to the museum by J. Lionberger Davis, this object was purchased from "Salazar in Peru in 1949-50." A note found on the accession record further identifies it was purchased from "A. Salazar, Lima, Peru" [SLAM document files].
[2] A letter dated December 15, 1954 from Perry T. Rathbone, director of the City Art Museum, to Davis acknowledges the gift of this object as part of a larger donation [Director's Office, Donor Files, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 9, 1954.