Double spout and bridge vessel

The double spout and bridge vessel was a form of usually[1] ceramic drinking container developed sometime before 500 BC by indigenous groups on the Peruvian coast.

[2] True to its name, this type of bottle is distinguished by two spouts with a handle bridging them.

[4] This tradition was continued by the Nazca, whose vessels were elaborately figurative (see illustration below right), decorated with polychrome glazes, or both.

The Nazca technique allowed for much brighter and more permanent colors, whose sheen was enhanced by burnishing after the vessel was fired.

[5] Both the Paracas and the Nazca appear to have used this type of vessel for ritual purposes, as they are most often found in graves.