ID: 700000201 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000201	Record Type: Movable Work
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Seated Figure Bottle (bottle; Unknown Moche; 2nd–5th century ; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 82.1.30 ; )

Note: This object is an example of the stirrup-spout vessel that was popular for several centuries in Pre-Columbian Peru. This type of vessel is characterized by its unique composition of two branches and a single spout, a design that may have been intended to stop the evaporation of liquids. Stirrup-spout bottles were created in a variety of sculptural forms, often depicting human figures that ranged from the common to the sacred. The human figure illustrated in the present work wears a headdress decorated with a feline face, possibly indicating the figure’s profession or rank. At the time of its production, this figure may have featured inlaid eyes as well as ornamentation on its ears, nose, and wrists.

Titles:

Seated Figure Bottle (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bottle [300045627] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))

Classifications:

ceramics (preferred)

Pre-Columbian art

South American art

Creation Date: 2nd–5th century

Creator Display:

Unknown Moche [preferred,VP]

creator unknown Mochica (Mochica cultural designation) [500203840]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 82.1.30

Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1882

Other: Creation: Perú [1000056] South America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: ceramic

	ceramic (material) [300235507]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, <ceramic and ceramic by product>)

Dimensions: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 inches) (height)

Cultures:

Mochica (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	human males [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	stirrup-spout vessel [300417500]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), bottles, <bottles by form>) (AAT)

	headdress [300046023]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, <accessories by location on the head>, headgear) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Seated Figure Bottle	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 December 2011

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 December 2011

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 December 2011