Polychrome pedestal plate painted with an eccentric saurian figure
Polychrome pedestal plate painted with an eccentric saurian figure
Polychrome pedestal plate painted with an eccentric saurian figure
Polychrome pedestal plate painted with an eccentric saurian figure

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Polychrome pedestal plate painted with an eccentric saurian figure,

ca. 800–1200

Coclé
1998-453

Information

Title
Polychrome pedestal plate painted with an eccentric saurian figure
Dates

ca. 800–1200

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
17 × diam. 29.1 cm (6 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-453
Place Made

North America, Panama

Culture
Coclé
Type
ceramics, plates (dishes)
Materials
ceramic
Subject
figures (representations)

1998, John B. Elliott (1928-1997), Princeton, NJ, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum

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