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Many Panamanian ceramics are among the most handsome and deftly designed in the Americas. Note how cleverly the artist used the vessel shape to imitate a turtle's carapace, its head peering out from its shell, its feet painted on the back (no. 10). And the stingray floats atop its pedestal, as though gliding through water (no. 9). Lamentably, little is known about the meaning of these witty ceramics.
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160507
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Vessel: Turtle
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object
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160507
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object
title
Vessel: Turtle
description
Many Panamanian ceramics are among the most handsome and deftly designed in the Americas. Note how cleverly the artist used the vessel shape to imitate a turtle's carapace, its head peering out from its shell, its feet painted on the back (no. 10). And the stingray floats atop its pedestal, as though gliding through water (no. 9). Lamentably, little is known about the meaning of these witty ceramics.
date
1000–1300
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60763565
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Ceramic
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Overall: 22.9 x 29.2 cm (9 x 11 1/2 in.)
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Panama, Parita style, 11th-14th century
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1998.3
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ceramic, slip
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Vessel: Turtle, 1000–1300. Panama, Parita style, 11th-14th century. Ceramic, slip; overall: 22.9 x 29.2 cm (9 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1998.30
collection
AA - Intermediate Region
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Painting by 18th-century Italian Master Gaetano Gandolfi among Works Added to CMA Collection,” March 24, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:20:27.784000
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160507
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Intermediate Region
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ceramic, slip
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