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Pedestal Plate with Iguanas800–1000 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Ceramic pedestal bowl with wide shallow dish on trumpet-shaped foot, painted with black geometric chevrons and brick-red slip with curling motifs on the interior rim
Ceramic plate with flat circular form, painted in red, brown, and cream with two mirrored serpentine figures and curvilinear scroll motifs filling the interior surface.
Title
Pedestal Plate with Iguanas
Culture
Greater Coclé
Place Made
Panama, Herrera or Los Santos Province
Date Made
800–1000 CE
Style
Macaracas
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Overall (Diameter): 8 1/4 × 10 in. (20.96 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Grinnell and Feelie Lee
Accession Number
M.2016.348.28
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas