Vessel in the Form of a Pumpkin

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Culture Colima

Title Vessel in the Form of a Pumpkin

Date 200 BCE–300 CE

Medium Clay and pigment

Dimensions Object: 8 1/4 × 11 in. (21 × 27.9 cm)
Overall: 8 1/4 x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 61.81

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Within Colima ceramics jars and other vessels are sometimes supported by animals such as birds. In this case, however, the supporting animals are three frogs who hold up the jar, itself in the form of a pumpkin. Colima ceramics often depict forms taken directly form nature and daily life, and such ceramics were often important offerings for the dead.

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"Vessel in the Form of a Pumpkin | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=61.81