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Collections

Pedestal Plate with Supernatural Creature1000–1100

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Ceramic footed dish with wide shallow bowl on trumpet-shaped pedestal, brick-red exterior, cream interior painted with interlocking curvilinear designs in dark gray and red
Ceramic shallow bowl viewed from above, with painted curvilinear and serpentine designs in terracotta red, gray, and black on a cream slip ground, the interlocking scrolling forms covering the entire interior surface.
Title
Pedestal Plate with Supernatural Creature
Culture
Greater Coclé
Place Made
Panama, Coclé Province, Conte style
Date Made
1000–1100
Style
Conte
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (11.43 x 28.58 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Alan Grinnell and Feelie Lee
Accession Number
M.2007.227.1
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas