This vessel is more than 1,900 years old, and it can be traced back to the northern highlands of Peru. It's crafted in the Recuay style, which is an artistic tradition that existed from about 200-700 CE.
The first millennium CE was a period of expansive artistic creativity and strong stylistic regionalism in Peru. The well-known art traditions of the Moche and Nasca thrived in the coastal valleys, while several communities in the northern highlands shared a distinctive tradition that is known today as the Recuay. This tradition emerged following the disintegration of the Cupisnique and Chavín cultures, which thrived between 1200 and 500 BCE and whose art featured depictions of ferocious beings and predatory animals.
Around 200 CE a new style of pottery emerged—one that we recognize as Recuay today—and spread rapidly throughout the mountainous part of the Ancash region, a territory located between the temperate valleys of the Pacific coast and the tropical forests of Amazonia.
This particular motif (a feline depicted with a bird on its head or back) also appears in some of the artwork produced by the Paracas culture, which is an older tradition that existed along the southern coast of Peru in 800-400 BCE.
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This vessel is more than 1,900 years old, and it can be traced back to the northern highlands of Peru. It's crafted in the Recuay style, which is an artistic tradition that existed from about 200-700 CE.
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
This particular motif (a feline depicted with a bird on its head or back) also appears in some of the artwork produced by the Paracas culture, which is an older tradition that existed along the southern coast of Peru in 800-400 BCE.
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K pop demon hunters had historical inspiration? Rad!! Awesome piece, ty for sharing.
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The smile be like: yeah we're good, everything is going perfectly fine
The simple break in the pattern to denote fangs - genius.
You been smoking before pottery class again? 'How can you tell..?'🤣
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Anyone else immediately think of kpop demon hunters?
Wake up babe, new Kpop demon hunters artifact just dropped.
That cat has had one too many peyote buttons.
I would absolutely buy this.
I love seeing humour in ancient pieces like this. Not all artisans were miserable and boring. Like the Lewis chess men too.
Tim Burton pottery ancestor. I love it!!
It would be really cool if I could have it at home. I like it!
I love it. It reminds me of the real bombchus from Zelda.
That's what we see when we die
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I wonder if the artist intended this to be funny?
Wren and Stimpy-esque!
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