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Bowl (Tecomate)

Bowl (Tecomate). Culture: Olmec. Dimensions: Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm). Date: 12th-9th century B.C.. This bowl, reportedly from the site of Las Bocas, Puebla, Mexico, is in a full, round shape with a small opening at the top. Made of a kaolin-like clay, its walls are thin and burnished to a high gloss. It is undecorated, but the variegated color on its outer surface ranges from beige, to grey, to light brown and orange-red.
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Title:
Bowl (Tecomate)
Caption:
Bowl (Tecomate). Culture: Olmec. Dimensions: Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm). Date: 12th-9th century B.C.. This bowl, reportedly from the site of Las Bocas, Puebla, Mexico, is in a full, round shape with a small opening at the top. Made of a kaolin-like clay, its walls are thin and burnished to a high gloss. It is undecorated, but the variegated color on its outer surface ranges from beige, to grey, to light brown and orange-red.
Technique/material:
ceramic
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3949 x 4200 px | 47.5 MB
Print size:
33.4 x 35.6 cm | 13.2 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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