Ancient Peruvian Ceramics: The Nathan Cummings Collection

Ancient Peruvian Ceramics: The Nathan Cummings Collection

Sawyer, Alan R.
1966
144 pages
135 illustrations
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Preface
Map of Peru

1. Introduction

Chronological Chart
The North Coast

2. The Formative Period

Cupisnique
Salinar
Gallinazo
Recuay
Viciis

3. Mochica Chronology

Mochica I
Mochica II
Mochica III
Mochica IV
Mochica V

4. Mochica Ceramic Art

Portraiture
Figure Vessels
Warriors
Runners
Modes of Representation
Religion

5. Other North Coast Styles

Highland Inca
Chancay-Inca
The South Coast

6. The Great Discovery

7. The Early Ceramic Period

8. The Formative Paracas Period

9. The Ocucaje Early Paracas Style

10. The Ocucaje Middle Paracas Style

11. A Re-examination of "Necropolis"

12. The Late Paracas Period at Ocucaje

13. The Proto-Nazca Period

14. The Juan Pablo Style

The Juan Pablo Feline Mask Motif
The Juan Pablo Feline Figure Motif
The Juan Pablo Fox Motif
The Juan Pablo Falcon Motif
The Juan Pablo Vencejo Motif
Additional Notes on the Juan Pablo Style

15. The Callango Style

The Callango Feline Motif
The Callango Falcon Motif
The Callango Fox Motif
The Callango Double-headed Serpent Motif
The Callango Human Face Motif

16. The Nazca Culture

17. The Early Nazca Style

18. The Middle Nazca Style

19. The Late Nazca Style

20. The Nazca-Wari Style

21. Late South Coast Periods

Color Keys
Notes on the Illustrations
Selected Bibliography
Index

Met Art in Publication

Stirrup spout bottle in cap shape, Ceramic, Moche or Salinar (?)
1st century BCE–2nd century CE
Double Chambered Whistling Jar with Parrot, Ceramic, pigment, North Coast (?)
2nd century BCE
Double-chambered bottle with mouse, Recuay artist(s), Ceramic, slip, Recuay
Recuay artist(s)
200–700 CE
Double-chambered bottle with effigies figures, Vicús artist(s), Ceramic, pigment, Vicús
Vicús artist(s)
100 BCE–500 CE
Figure Vessel, Ceramic, pigment, Vicús
1st–3rd century
Stirrup-spout bottle with owl, Moche artist(s), Ceramic, slip, Moche
Moche artist(s)
200–500 CE
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Pumas, Ceramic, slip, pigment, Moche
300–150 BCE
Warrior Bottle, Ceramic, Moche
1st–2nd century
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Seated Figure, Ceramic, slip, Moche
200–600 CE
Bottle, Starfish, Ceramic, Moche
4th–7th century
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Duck, Ceramic, slip, pigment, Moche
1st century BCE–2nd century CE
Stirrup Spout Bottle in Cactus Form, Ceramic, slip, pigment, Moche
1st century BCE–2nd century CE
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Owl Head, Ceramic, slip, Moche
3rd–5th century
Bottle, Crab Deity, Ceramic, Moche
2nd–4th century
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Stacked Containers, Ceramic, slip, pigment, Moche
2nd–6th century
Stirrup spout bottle with fox warrior figure, Ceramic, pigment, Moche
4th–6th century
Stirrup spout bottle with fish demon and tumi, Ceramic, pigment, Moche
5th–7th century
Stirrup spout bottle with dignitary figure, Ceramic, slip, Moche
3rd–5th century
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Seated Figure, Ceramic, slip, Moche
5th–7th century
Stirrup Spout Bottle with Three Sections, Ceramic, slip, Moche
5th–7th century
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