id: 156518 accession number: 1992.231 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.231 updated: Vessel in the Shape of a Figure, 1000–1460s. Peru, Central Coast, Chancay sytle, 12th-15th century. Earthenware with painted slip; overall: 63.5 cm (25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust 1992.231 title: Vessel in the Shape of a Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1000–1460s creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1469 current location: 232 Andean creditline: The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust copyright: --- culture: Peru, Central Coast, Chancay sytle, 12th-15th century technique: earthenware with painted slip department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 63.5 cm (25 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Selected Acquisitions opening date: 1993-02-09T05:00:00 Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * New York, NY: The Brooklyn Museum; November 22, 1966- March 5, 1967. "Ancient Art of Latin American From the Collection of Jay C. Leff." exh. cat. no. 533 (unillustrated in catalogue). --- PROVENANCE Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, PA (Sold: Sotheby's, NY, Oct. 10, 1975, sale #3792, lot #252) date: footnotes: citations: Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, PA (Sold: Sotheby's, NY, Oct. 10, 1975, sale #3792, lot #252 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This seated figure carries a stag over his shoulders, its antlers now missing and its tongue lolling out in death. That the stag is destined for more than dinner is suggested by the human's pursed lips--perhaps the kiss-like expression of reverence that the later Inka made when approaching a sacred shrine. The animal, then, may be an offering. The two bags painted on the figure's back may be for coca leaves, also very important for rituals. In comparison to earlier ceramics, the Chancay style seems less fine both artistically and technically. yet as this vessel proves, the best Chancay ceramics have appealing charm, in part because of their bold brown-on-white color scheme. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. page number: Reproduced: p. 52; Mentioned: p. 72 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.231/1992.231_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.231/1992.231_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.231/1992.231_full.tif