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Bowl
(1200-1400)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
11.0 × 18.5 × 17.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Lynton Morgan, Founder Benefactor, 2002
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
The hollow supports of this bowl are modelled as human legs with feet and painted with black geometric motifs. The bowl’s inner and outer surfaces are decorated, in red and black with the habitual Mixtec motif of stepped Greek key and spirals (or xicalcoliukqui) probably based on a stylised bird or serpent head. The glossy surface of the dense polychrome is produced by painstaking burnishing with an agate or bone tool.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Oaxaca, Mexico
Accession Number
2002.227
Department
Pre-Columbian Art
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