Bowl

Artist Mexico

Date300-700 CE

MediumFired clay

ClassificationsContainers

Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg

Object number1954.22.169

DescriptionFlat-bottomed and straight-sided bowl of light brown clay, red and orange slips on exterior, interior smoke blackened. Exterior highly burnished. Exterior of sides is decorated with red-slipped borders enclosing a band of orange with Three identical prone figures in red. Their outlines and interior detail defined by crude white-filled incision. The human-headed figures have fish-like bodies, wear necklaces and have speechscrolls with scroll-like tabs.

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