Bowl (Tecomate)

Unknown

12th–9th century BCE · Ceramic · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

12th–9th century BCE

Medium

Ceramic

Culture

Olmec

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Credit line

Gift of Albert J. Grant and Monique Grant Joint Revocable Trust, 2014