Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Seated Figure in a Structure
A brown earthenware stirrup-spout vessel with a looped handle and cylindrical neck. A modeled seated figure with a broad face and arms folded sits within a recessed niche framed by a pitched roof and stepped side projections, above incised geometric bands on the base.
- Artist
- Chavín
- Date
- c. 800 BCE
- Medium
- Ceramic and pigment
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 843 × 1312 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date -750).
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, David Soltker Endowment; through prior acquisitions of Raymond E. Britt, Jr., Allen Frumkin, Deborah Stokes and Jeffrey Hammer, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Hokin, Mr. and Mrs. David C. Ruttenberg, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro