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1993.10.19

Bowl with unpolished interior, and polished exterior with polychrome (red, yellow, white, grey/blue) painted designs. [MJD 23/01/2015]


1993.10.19

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bowl with unpolished interior, and polished exterior with polychrome (red, yellow, white, grey/blue) painted designs. [MJD 23/01/2015]
Long description
Bowl with unpolished plain interior, and polished exterior with polychrome (red, yellow, white, grey/blue) painted designs. The design is repeated four times around the bowl, with minor and semi-regular colour and style modifications each time. The exterior of the base is plain and polished. The ceramic is fine grained and mid orange coloured. The base is convex and the sides are slightly convex too. [MJD 23/01/2015]
Geographical reference
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: 440-640?, uncertain Archaeological period: Nasca Date made: 200-1 BC?, uncertain Date made: 1-600?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1993
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 25/02/1993
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Slipped, Process Polished
Dimensions
Diameter: max 140 mm, Height: max 80 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1993.10.19

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