id:			125202
accession number:	1947.172
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.172
updated:		2023-01-10 22:38:06.736000

Vessel  with Running Figures, 450–550. Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800). Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 29 x 15.6 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1947.172

title:				Vessel  with Running Figures
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creation date:			450–550
creation date earliest:		450
creation date latest:		550
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creditline:			Gift of John Wise
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culture:	Peru, North Coast, Moche style (50-800)
technique:	earthenware with colored slips
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 29 x 15.6 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Moche painters were masters at capturing the peak of physical activity. On this vessel are runners whose legs seem to churn so fast they ripple the desert groundline. Such runners, common in Moche art, always carry small bags, the contents open to question. But beans sometimes float around the runners, as here, suggesting they are involved in a ritual for planting. Beans also may have been used in rituals to divine the unknown.  
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Donnan, Christopher B., and Donna McClelland. Moche Fineline Painting: Its Evolution and Its Artists. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1999. 
	page number: 	206
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