Globular Jar with Modeled Figures in Erotic Scene

Arts of the Americas

A.D. 1000/1470

Chancay
Central coast, Peru

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Culture: Chancay
Title: Globular Jar with Modeled Figures in Erotic Scene
Origin: Central Coast
Date: 1000–1470
Medium: Ceramic and pigment
Dimensions: 29.2 × 22.9 cm (11 1/2 × 9 in.)
Credit Line: Buckingham Fund
Reference Number: 1955.2246

Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron, Berlin then Durham S.C. and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1955.

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