Terms and conditions of use
Bowl
(1200-1400)
- Medium
- earthenware
- Measurements
- 11.0 × 18.5 × 17.8 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Oaxaca, Mexico
- Accession Number
- 2002.227
- Department
- Pre-Columbian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Lynton Morgan, Founder Benefactor, 2002
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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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.