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Lidded Burial Urn600–100 BCE

On view:
Geffen Galleries
Unglazed ceramic vessel with domed lid, dark charcoal and russet-brown clay surface, decorated with incised lines and bands of impressed dots
Earthenware vessel with rounded lower body, constricted neck, and wide flared rim; dark brown and reddish-gray burnished surface with horizontal bands of incised dotted decoration encircling the shoulder and neck.
Ceramic vessel with domed lid, bulbous lower body narrowing to a constricted neck with a wide flared collar. Reddish-brown earthenware with dark fire-clouding; incised dotted and linear bands decorate the neck, collar, and lid.
Ceramic vessel with domed lid, bulbous lower body narrowing to a curved neck, in mottled reddish-brown and dark gray earthenware, decorated with incised dotted bands and geometric line patterns across the surface.
Ceramic vessel with domed lid, bulbous base narrowing to a constricted neck, in burnished dark brown and reddish-brown tones, decorated with incised dotted-line bands and fine linear patterns encircling the body and lid rim.
Title
Lidded Burial Urn
Culture
San Agustín
Place Made
Colombia, San Agustín
Date Made
600–100 BCE
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter (a): 10 in. (25.4 cm) Height (a): 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm) Diameter (b): 10 in. (25.4 cm) Height (b): 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.709a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas