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Incised panel bowl

Date750–950 CE
MediumCeramic with traces of pigment
DimensionsHeight: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
CultureMaya (Mexico)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineAcquired through the Membership Purchase Fund
Terms
  • Tabasco
  • Ceramics
  • Vessels - Bowls
  • Maya
  • pigment
Object number70.041
Label CopyThis deep Maya bowl is decorated with incised relief panels depicting human figures; its surface is decorated with burnished red slip with traces of white over-paint. The bowl's non-standard iconography points to an origin somewhere on the periphery of the Maya sphere of influence. The style of these figures is non-Maya in several respects; ordinarily, muscles are not defined in Maya art, but these figures appear to have well-defined biceps. The white paint is also brighter than the creamy off-white or pale buff colors typically associated with Maya pottery.
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