Polychrome carinated bat vase
Artist
Unidentified artist
Date1100–400 BCE
MediumEarthenware
Dimensions3 1/16 × 6 5/16 × 2 7/16 inches (7.8 × 16 × 6.2 cm)
CultureChorrera (Ecuador)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951
Terms
- Ecuador
- Ceramics
- Chorrera
- Earthenware
- Animals
- Bats
Object number2006.070.029
Label CopyThis short, wide, round-bottomed carinated Chorrera ceramic vessel has a constricted neck and flaring, everted rim. The vessel has stylized bat heads on its shoulders from which orange bodies emanate within incised cream outlines. The surface is burnished red and orange slip paint.
Collections
250 - 550 A.D.
ca. 100-750
ca. 100-600 AD
ca. AD 600-900
