Mimbres Classic black-on-white bowl
Dateca. 1000-1130
Label TextLike the shallow black-on-white bowls, deep bowls with red designs were used in life, then buried with the dead. Red coloration is produced when the iron ore in the paint oxidizes during firing. A stratified composition of geometric zones is bounded by lines—conveying a meticulously ordered artistic universe.
Object number86.83
Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions6 in. (15.2 cm)
Diam.: 12 in.
MediumCeramic, pigment
Greek, Attica
ca. 480 - 323 B.C.
Object number: 47.62
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