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Medium size bowl with flat base, rounded at edge to meet cylindrical, straight wall, slight outward flare at rim inside bottom is flat to slightly concave.
Cylindrical Bowl
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Cylindrical Bowl

Maker Chupícuaro Artist
Dateundated
Place of originGuanajuato, Mexico, North and Central America
MediumCeramic
Dimensionsheight x diameter: 2 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (7 x 15.9 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Irvin Ebaugh
Object numberC-74-45
Collections
Visual DescriptionMedium size bowl with flat base, rounded at edge to meet cylindrical, straight wall, slight outward flare at rim inside bottom is flat to slightly concave.
Small bowl with flat base; cylindrical, straight wall. Slight lip, inside bottom is slightly convex.
Small Cylindrical Bowl
Chupícuaro Artist
300-100 BCE
Large bowl with curved bottom, curved walls flaring out on lower half, inward on upper half. Small neck with slight outward flaring rim, interior is smoothly rounded.
Large bowl
Chupícuaro Artist
300-200 BCE
Small bowl with slightly rounded base supported on small tripod nubbins, area between nubbins is slightly concave. Wall rises straight with slight outward slope to rim. 2 inscribed bands near rim, another near bottom frame panel area - 2 inscribed monkey figures on opposite sides - reclined with knees bent, hands held out in front, long tail curling out behind.
Tripod bowl
Maya Artist
700-850
Rounded bowl with 1' raised footing ring sloping outward from attachment point to edge. Bottom of bowl rounds up into wall to 1/3 height wall becomes straight with slight outward slope. Rim flares sharply outward, divided into rounded crenellations
Footed Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
800-1200
Bowl with rounded bottom curving to vertical straight wall with slight outward flare of rim supported by tripod legs shaped to resemble animal (bird) heads, cranial swell jus below attachment with protruding eyes at sides, smoothly tapering to pointed snout (beak) Black bordered red ands around inside and outside of rim small panel over each leg, bordered by b lack and red vertical bands with series of semicircle motif in panel legs painted with broad black bands red on beak and eyes
Tripod Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Large bowl with relatively flat bottom, curving at edge up into wall with slight outward lean and slight flare at rim. Supported by tripod legs shaped to resemble animal heads, attachment area to bottom is neck, swelling to cranial area, tapering to pointy snout, indented mouth groove. Red lines on interior of rim, black line on exterior rim and bottom of wall, red triangle over each leg bordered by wide vertical bands, panels of abstract design (possibly a face) red band around edge of bott…
Tripod Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1000-1550
Bowl with slightly rounded bottom curving into wall with slight outward slope and slight flare at rim. Supported by tripod legs formed to resemble animal heads with cranial bulge, protruding eyes at side, tapering to pointy upturned snout with mouth formed by firing slits on sides, rattles inside. Decoration of black bordered red boxes and triangles with jagged "teeth" pointing upward, red and black bands surrounding rim and bottom, with vertical and horizontal lines on legs outlining face circl…
Cayman headed Tripod Bowl
Nicarao Artist
1350-1550
Cylindrical vase with flat bottom slightly raised flat ring at edge with tripod of short, flat feet. Wall rises straight and perpendicular. Interior is smooth with flat bottom. Brown ware with traces of black and red pigments too faded to discern pattern.
Cylindrical tripod vase
Quiché Maya Artist
1200-1500
Small bowl with flattened base, walls flaring slightly outward. No lip, opposite walls pinched inward on upper wall to create oblong mouth. Buff ware with red slip on interior and band around rim. Black pigment in vertical band and comb pattern around wall with 2 dog figuring in one band. Bottom has black stripes in 4 direction motif.
Small Bowl
Chupícuaro Artist
300-100 BCE
Small shallow bowl with rounded base and even flaring wall, no lip. Buff ware with red slip painted in a band around the rim, inside and out. Circle of red slip on inside of bowl at bottom.
Small Bowl
Chupícuaro Artist
300-100 BC
Late Polychrome Period, orange on buff. Small rounded bowl with 1" tall base ring, flaring outward, rounded concave underneath - wall slopes outward, slightly rounded, with outward flare of rim, angled downward - one small nubbin on side beneath rim. Rim divided into 6 even sections by 3 groups of incised parallel lines, separated by blank sections. Brown ware with red slip.
Footed Bowl
Costa Rican Artist
1200-1525
Black on white ware. Small bowl with flat bottom, rounded at edges into wall with slight outward slope, flaring outward at rim - interior rim rounded with smooth sides and rounded at bottom - a bit lopsided. Buff ware with buff slip.
Small Bowl
Diquis Artist
800-1500

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