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Stingray Pedestal Plate1300–1520

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Earthenware pedestal bowl with wide flaring rim, painted with bold curvilinear motifs in dark brown and brick red on a sandy tan ground, with horizontal bands on the bulbous stem
Ceramic footed bowl with wide, shallow basin on a bulbous pedestal base. Interior decorated with painted geometric patterns in dark brown and red-orange on buff clay, including chevron-filled triangles and curvilinear bands. Two small loop handles at rim. Horizontal dark bands encircle the pedestal.
Ceramic vessel with wide, shallow bowl atop a rounded pedestal base. The bowl's interior is painted with flowing curvilinear and hatched patterns in red, dark brown, and cream slip. A small loop handle and central opening are visible on the rim. The base is decorated with horizontal dark brown bands.
Ceramic footed vessel with a wide, flat flaring rim and small central opening; the rim is painted in dark brown and red with curvilinear, geometric, and scale-like patterns on a tan ground; the rounded pedestal base is decorated with horizontal dark brown bands.
Ceramic vessel viewed from above, flattened oval form with a central circular opening and small loop handles at the sides, decorated with painted curvilinear and zoomorphic designs in dark brown and red-orange on a tan ground, including scrolls, oval motifs, and hatched scale-like patterns.
Title
Stingray Pedestal Plate
Culture
Greater Coclé
Place Made
Panama, Herrera Province, El Hatillo style
Date Made
1300–1520
Style
El Hatillo
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
7 × 12 in. (17.78 × 30.48 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Grinnell and Feelie Lee
Accession Number
M.2016.348.29
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas