Seated Figure Bottle, 2nd–5th century, Peru, Moche, Ceramic, Overall: 6 3/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics-Containers, The stirrup

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Seated Figure Bottle, 2nd–5th century, Peru, Moche, Ceramic, Overall: 6 3/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics-Containers, The stirrup-spout vessel--so named for the similarity of the spout form to that of a riding saddle stirrup--was a much-favored bottle shape in Precolumbian Peru. It has been suggested that the peculiarity of the double-branch/single-spout shape was to prevent evaporation of the liquids it contained

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