Bottle with caiman
Cupisnique artist(s)
Date: 1000–800 BCE
Medium: Ceramic, post-fire paint (cinnabar)
Dimensions: H. 12 3/4 × W. 8 1/16 × D. 5 3/8 in. (32.4 × 20.5 × 13.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Containers
Country: Peru
Culture: Cupisnique
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1967
Met highlightDate range
-1000 – -800
Largest dimension
13.7 cm
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