Peru Nazca Bird Pottery Bowl

ca. 100 - 300 AD

4" H x 5.375" D

Hand Coiled with a White Field and a Terracotta Bottom and Inside with a Painted Three Bird Motif Design

In Very Good Condition

Nazca (or Nasca) bird pottery bowls are polychrome ceramic vessels from the ancient Nazca culture of Peru’s south coast (roughly 100 BCE–800 CE). They feature vibrant slip-painted designs of birds—both naturalistic (such as hummingbirds) and mythical or stylized forms—often linked to themes of fertility, agriculture, water, warfare, and ritual.