id:			101465
accession number:	1920.258
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.258
updated:		2023-03-20 14:13:59.805000

Darkware Vessel, late 1400s. Peru, North Coast, Chimú style (900-1470). Black ware; overall: 22.6 x 13.7 x 13.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Arthur P. Ginn 1920.258

title:				Darkware Vessel
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creation date:			late 1400s
creation date earliest:		1450
creation date latest:		1500
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. Arthur P. Ginn
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culture:	Peru, North Coast, Chimú style (900-1470)
technique:	black ware
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 22.6 x 13.7 x 13.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Americas
	opening date:   1945-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Under the Chimú, whose empire stretched for 800 miles along the Peruvian north coast, the value of ceramics fell, perhaps because high-status vessels were made of precious metals. Accordingly, ceramics were mass-produced with molds and, rather than bearing painted scenes, often have an overall dark surface achieved by firing in a smoky atmosphere. This firing method was also used for very early Andean ceramics, including the example at the far left. We don't know whether the Chimú revived the method to venerate earlier cultures. The vessel with the stripped surface was made after the Chimú were conquered by the Inka in the late 1400s.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 7, no. 10 (1920): 160-62.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 161
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136434

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IMAGES

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