Vessel with Bird Designs
| Title | Vessel with Bird Designs |
|---|---|
| Date | 700–1000 8th century |
| Medium | pottery with burnished, colored slips |
| Classification | Sculpture |
| Origin | Peru, South Coast, Middle Horizon Peru |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Vessel with Bird Designs, 700–1000. Peru, South Coast, Middle Horizon. Pottery with burnished, colored slips; diameter: 12.6 x 14.1 cm (4 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.); overall: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.224 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Vessel with Bird Designs” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated 700–1000. It is executed in pottery with burnished, colored slips and classified as sculpture. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to 700–1000. Explore the wider set of works from the 8th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Peru, South Coast, Middle Horizon. Browse more public-domain art from Peru.
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Made available through the The Cleveland Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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