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A vessel with a face with large eyes, small ears, nose, and opened mouth to reveal teeth.
Face vessel
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Face vessel

Artist American Artist
Date19th- 20th century
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall (approx.): 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 in. (21.59 x 13.97 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Caleb J. King
Object number2025.2.13
Collections
Visual DescriptionA vessel with a face with large eyes, small ears, nose, and opened mouth to reveal teeth.
A vessel with a face with large eyes, ears, and opened mouth to reveal teeth. Incised underside: “Matthew Hewell/ John 3-16”
Face vessel
Matthew Hewell
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A vessel with a face with large eyes, flared nostrils, and open mouth to reveal teeth.
Face vessel
Mike Hanning
20th century
A vessel with a face with closed eyes, large grinning smile to show teeth, and a moustache. Incised underside: “Sandy Cole/ 1998”
Face vessel
Sandy Cole
1998
Large oval shaped mask, shallow by hollowed in back face carved in front with large round eyes, straight broad nose, slit mouth with large lips, slight rectangular extensions on sides for ears, pupils of eyes and lips have faded pigments, possibly red.
Large Face Mask
Mississippian Artist
1200-1450
Conical vessel with flat base decorated with punched-patterning, accentuated with white-slip inlays
Vessel
Kitamura Junko
2012
Vessel in the shape of a llama's head with a short circular flat base in the neck of the head, with the body of vessel spherical with extended muzzle, well-formed mouth and nose, round identical eyes, extended ears, circular hole in center of head as mouth of vessel.
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Chimu Artist
1000-1476
Small rounded bowl with slightly raise base ring rounded body, break near top to outward flaring rim. Slightly raised band at largest swell of body applied pieces to form face, slit coffee bean pieces of clay for eyes and mouth, nubbins for ears, raised ridge with pellets for nose.
Effigy Face Bowl
Maya Artist
100 BC-250 AD
Carved stone head representing a jaguar; round face with extension of neck in back, features cut and grooved into smoothed surface. Wide mouth, teeth showing with large incisors; nose indicated by two grooves, large donut-shaped eyes, stubby feline ears, low and rounded. Traces of red pigment in grooved areas and pits of limestone.
Architectural Head of Jaguar
Olmec Artist
800-1000
Stirrup pot with flat oval bottom, rounded egg-shaped body with stubby pointed tail, raised appliqués of legs - frog-like in back, wide turtle-like in front, large head with low beak -like nose, small eyes, three lines for mouth, and ears, stirrup handle has spout missing tail of attached monkey on stirrup
Seal Effigy Stirrup Spout Vessel
Chimu Artist
1200 - 1476
footed vessel, red linear designs on white ground, wave pattern on body, two rings enclose several upturned small arches around neck, larger upturned and downturned interlaced arches on flared lip
Vessel
Thai, Ban Chiang
300 BC-1 AD
Raised head, broken at neck with partial of shoulder left, rounded features with open mouth, large lips, wide spaced teeth (possibly to represent filing), hooked nose, shallow eyes appearing as slits, large ears, rough forehead and crown (probably broken off headdress).
Bust of Godess of Childbirth
Totonac Artist
600-900
squat round-footed vessel, red ground with white wave patterns
Vessel
Thai, Ban Chiang
Late period, 300 BC-1 AD

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