Pot

31063

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31063
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 600-1000
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay | Pigment
Technique Painted
Description

Deep bowl or 'Cazuela' with a squat-globular body, no neck/collar, flanged rim, 2 horizontal strap handles on the body, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted with horizontal bands of color in orange, black, red, and white. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior and a smoothed finish on the interior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. There is a maker's mark incised on one side of the body. There is discoloration on the base. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2345."

Height 14 cm
Width 23.9 cm
Outside Diameter 19.5 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2345 - Field No SF

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