メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「We're taking a trip to ancient Purr-ru for #Caturday! 🐱 During the second half of the first millennium A.D., the #Wari civilization, centered in Peru's Ayacucho region, dominated the south-central Andes. This impressive feline-inspired bottle combines Wari imagery—animals, humans, and enigmatic composite beings—with elements of the ceramic tradition that flourished in the Nasca and neighboring valleys for centuries. 🎨 Wari. Feline Bottle, 8th–10th century. Ceramic. Provenance: [Pablo Soldi, Lima, Peru, and by descent to his family, 1950s–1969]; Anton Roeckl, Munich, Germany, 1969–1996; [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, until 1996]. #MetAnywhere [Image description: A ceramic bottle with a modeled feline head at the neck. It is decorated with hand-painted images of humans, animals, and composite beings.]」7月18日 17時11分