Paracas Double-Headed Dog, circa 700 - 400 BC

Jay C. Leff, Uniontown
Sotheby’s, New York, October 11, 1975, lot 257, consigned by the above 
Private Collection, New York, acquired at the above auction
Private Collection, Oregon

Brooklyn Museum, Ancient Art of Latin America From Collection of Jay C. Leff, November 22, 1966 - March 5, 1967

Elizabeth Kennedy Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America From Collection of Jay C. Leff, New York, 1966, p. 133, cat. no. 549

This playful animal vessel bears two alert heads turned in opposite diagonal directions. As a vessel, the large tail serves as the spout and is supported on conical feet. Incised concentric rectangle designs decorate the sides of the reddish surface, with resin and resist-painted patterns still remaining. The eyes are etched as well as the decorations around each neck.