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Pedestal Bowl with Scorpion650–1100 CE

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Ceramic footed bowl with wide flared form on a conical pedestal, cream-slipped interior painted with bold dark brown serpentine and feather-like motifs with brick red accents
Ceramic plate with cream slip ground, decorated with a centrally placed curvilinear motif in dark brown, red, and yellow, with radiating concentric lines forming a symmetrical wing-like design across the interior surface.
Title
Pedestal Bowl with Scorpion
Culture
Greater Coclé
Place Made
Panama, Southern Azuero Peninsula, Joaquin style
Date Made
650–1100 CE
Style
Joaquin
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diameter: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Alan Grinnell and Feelie Lee
Accession Number
M.2006.170.1
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas