Stirrup-spout bottle in form of a potato

(UEM9979) Bottle in form of an excentric potato with a big, fanged mouth, and covered with eyes. The whole chamber is covered with a white slip with fine lines in reddish brown for the body parts, as well as for the spout and base. Mold made. Polychrome painting. Moche, 100–800, Peru.

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