Portrait head vessel [man with scarred lip as a young man]
- Published/Created:
- Peru, Moche
ca. 200 BCE-600 CE - Notes:
- This man, with the distinctive scar on the left side of his upper lip, has been portrayed at various ages in at least 45 portraits. Moche realistic portraiture flourished only during Phases III and IV.
- Topics:
- Ceramics -- Pre-Columbian -- Andean -- Moche -- (YVRC)
- Culture:
- Pre-Columbian: Moche
- Accession Number:
- 254053
- Genre:
- containers: vessels: bottles (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Note:
- B: Pillsbury, Moche Art, Nat. Gal., 2001
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Zurich, Switzerland: Museum Rietberg
- Local Record Number:
- Portfolio Item ID: 14112
- OID:
- 312505
- PID:
- digcoll:2240713