Stirrup-spout Bottle, 12th–5th century B.C., Peru, Cupisnique, Ceramic, Height 8-1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Ceramics-Containers, Bottles made in northern South America beginning in the second millennium B.C. were frequently made in a shape that is visually reminiscent of the stirrup on a horse's saddle. Stirrup-spout bottles, as they are called, were particularly favored in Peru, where for thousands of years they were made in a great variety of shapes, sizes, and finishes
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Stirrup-spout Bottle, 12th–5th century B.C, Peru, Cupisnique, Ceramic, Height 8-1/2, 21.6 cm, Ceramics-Containers, Bottles, northern South America, second millennium, B.C, frequently, shape, visually reminiscent, stirrup, horse, saddle, bottles, particularly favored, thousands, years, great variety, shapes, sizes, finishes
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