Nasca Jar with Checkerboard Pattern and Stylized Plant Motifs
A round-bodied earthenware jar with a short flared neck, painted in red-brown slip with bands of black and cream. A checkerboard of square motifs wraps the shoulder, above a band of stylized, abstract plant forms in cream and red. The lower body is left plain.
- Artist
- Nasca
- Date
- 180 BCE–500 CE
- Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1509 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 500).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, S. B. Williams Fund and Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson