Ancient Peruvian Stirrup Vessels
June 2026
These ceramic vessels from pre-Columbian Peru feature the characteristic stirrup spout design and are decorated with painted or incised imagery depicting supernatural beings, mythological creatures, warriors, and abstract patterns.
30 objects · 2 institutions
Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Figure Fishing, Possibly Ai-Apec, with a Crab
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Blackware Vessel with a Relief Depicting a Figure Fighting a Crab
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Deer-Headed Figure Vessel
Cleveland Museum of Art
200–850 CE
Globular Stirrup Vessel with Depicting Abstract Animals, Possibly Overpainted
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of a Cat Man
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Single Spout Vessel in the Form of the Head of a Llama
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1400
Spouted Zebu Vessel
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000 BCE
Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Warrior Cat Motifs
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Spout Vessel with Relief Depicting a Supernatural Figure Holding a Trophy Head
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Spout Vessel with Textile-like Pattern on Shoulder
Art Institute of Chicago
1200–1470
Stirrup Vessel Depicting Anthropomorphic Fish, with Overpainting
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel Depicting Bands of Abstract Fish
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel Depicting Supernatural Being within a Shell
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel Depicting a Supernatural Being within a Shell
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel Depicting a Supernatural within a Shell on Shoulder
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel Depicting an Anthropomorphic Crab and Abstract Fish
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel Incised with Supernatural Battle Scene
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel Incised with Textile-Like Pattern in Diagonal Painted Bands
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a Feline Head
Art Institute of Chicago
250–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel in the Form of the Head, Possibly Ai-Apec
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel with Fineline Painting Depicting Costumed Figured in a Reed Boat
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel with Fineline Painting Depicting Warriors in an Aquatic Scene
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel with Fineline Painting Depicting a Figures in Reed Boat
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Stirrup Vessel with Textured Surface
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 800 BCE
Stirrup Vessel with one Side Painted with Textile-Like Stepped Motif
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Vessel in Form of a Masked Head with a Mustache
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Vessel in the Form of a Deer Impersonator
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Vessel in the Form of a Seated Figure Holding a Duck
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE
Vessel with a Spout Modeled in the Form of Figure, Possibly Ai-Apec, Costumed as a Crab
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE