Carved Bowl
| Culture | Maya |
|---|---|
| Title | Carved Bowl |
| Date | 700–800 |
| Medium | Clay, stucco, and and pigment |
| Dimensions | Object: 4 5/8 × 6 in. (11.7 × 15.2 cm) Overall: 4 5/8 × 6 in. (11.7 × 15.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 73.10.3 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A dark brown vessel that swells at the center and tapers slightly to a wide mouth. The vessel has relief carving with several missing sections and stucco between the carved portions.
In addition to painting ceramic vessels, Maya artists also carved images into some when they were partically dry. This carved bowl shows two carved fantastic serpents, one with the head of a god of the Maya underworld emerging from its jaws. After firing, thiw bowl had stucco applied, expanding the range of color possibilities. That tecnique may have originated in Teotihuacan.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Carved Bowl | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=73.10.3