📖In the temples and ceremonial centers of the Chavín culture, animals were more than simple creatures: they were symbols charged with power and spirituality.
This ceramic bottle, modeled with great symbolic force, depicts a fish on which a bird perches and pecks it. The scene conveys movement, tension, and narrative, as if speaking of a myth or an ancestral rite.

The fish, covered in finely engraved scales, evokes sacred waters, a source of fertility and abundance. The bird, with its curved beak and penetrating gaze, seems to claim its prey, depicting the natural cycle of life and death. In the Chavín worldview, these representations were not accidental: they were metaphors for the balance between the terrestrial, aquatic, and celestial worlds.

The stirrup handle and upper spout complete the design, demonstrating the technical mastery of the ancient ceramists. The visible wear on its surface, the result of the passage of centuries, reinforces its authentic and enigmatic character.

This type of bottle may have been used in rituals of offering to water or fertility, or even as part of funeral ceremonies, where the fish represented the passage of the soul, and the bird the spirit that guides it.

🔸 An ideal piece for collectors of pre-Columbian art, museums, galleries, researchers, and lovers of art with spiritual significance.

🌟 What makes this piece special:

Narrative scene with a fish and a bird in symbolic interaction

Detailed scale texture and bird features

Stirrup handle and ceremonial mouthpiece typical of Chavín art

Pate and wear that convey antiquity and mystery

📌 Details:

Culture: Chavín

Material: Ceramic

Colors: Dark brown with patina and ochre traces

Measurements: 21.8 cm (length) × 13.6 cm (width) × 16.4 cm (height)

Weight: 631 g

Condition: Visible wear, with natural signs of aging

✨ A story in clay

This bottle is not just an object: it is a sacred scene captured in ceramic. A testament to the symbolism and narrative power of the ancient Chavín.