Description (Labels & Markings)
On base of pot, written in black ink: '74'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Auction / Sale)
In his bequest schedule, Prof. Richard Keynes writes that he purchased this object from Sotheby's on 3 July 1978, lot 251.
Event Date 3/7/1978
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Stirrup spout pot. Almost spherical body with flattened base; cylindrical upright spout with everted rim splits into a sharply curved 'stirrup'. Highly burnished body. Decorated with three incised jaguar heads and triangular lines.
Event Date 5/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Professor Dennis Ogburn, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, took a small scraping from the interior of the vessel in January 2018. The sample will be tested for alkaloids using LCMS at Kingston University to ascertain whether the vessel contained psychoactive compounds.
Event Date 15/1/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Burnished red ware stirrup-spout vessel, possibly a pot. Flat everted rim; cylindrical upright spout; splits into curved 'stirrup'; globular body, with incised geometric and zoomorphic motifs, possibly three jaguars or bats; terminates with a flat base. Surface has a red and black hue; some material loss at spout; evidence of possible reconstruction throughout the body and base. Found with a bag of unknown sand-like material, originating from inside the vessel.
Event Date 2/1/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason