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Source Description
Possibly made during the colonial period, this simple bowl shows a many-petalled flower and accompanying leaves. This may have been merely decorative, or may refer to a sacred, possibly hallucenogenic, plant of the coastal region in which it was made.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79417
label
Bowl with Flower Motif
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
79417
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bowl with Flower Motif
description
Possibly made during the colonial period, this simple bowl shows a many-petalled flower and accompanying leaves. This may have been merely decorative, or may refer to a sacred, possibly hallucenogenic, plant of the coastal region in which it was made.
provenance
New World Antiquities, San Francisco [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1988, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
date
300 BC-AD 700
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
bowls (vessels)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.7
height
11.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 5/8 x W: 4 3/8 in. (6.7 x 11.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Bahia
med
ceramic tanware with polychrome
creator_ids
8557
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9fba1707f439b74d