Bottle, Feline Face, 4th–3rd century B.C., Peru, Ica Valley, Paracas, Ceramic, postfired paint, H. 7 x Diam. 5 1/2 in. (17.78 x 13.97 cm), Ceramics-Containers, In the second half of the first millennium B.C., a favorite vessel form on the southern coast of Peru was the double-spout-and-bridge bottle. Often the spout is modeled as a stylized bird head, as here, which functions as a whistle, producing a gentle sound when the liquid inside the bottle is poured out
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Bottle, Feline Face, 4th–3rd century B.C, Peru, Ica Valley, Paracas, Ceramic, postfired paint, H, 7 x Diam, 5 1/2, 17.78 13.97 cm, Ceramics-Containers, second half, first millennium, favorite vessel, form, southern coast, double-spout, bridge bottle, Often, spout, modeled, stylized bird, head, functions, whistle, producing, gentle sound, liquid inside, bottle, poured out
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