Incised Plate

Unknown

9th–6th century BCE · Ceramic · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

This shallow bowl contains incised abstract designs on its center and along the rim in three places. Two parallel lines connect the crenulated designs on the rim. The inner design contains a circle filled with alternatin horizontal wavy and dashed lines, surrounded by u-shaped designs that create a scalloped border.

Artist

Unknown

Date

9th–6th century BCE

Medium

Ceramic

Culture

Olmec

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Credit line

Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa, 1979