Bowl with incised hieroglyphs
Bowl with incised hieroglyphs
Bowl with incised hieroglyphs
Bowl with incised hieroglyphs

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Bowl with incised hieroglyphs,

1200–900 BCE

Olmec style
Early Formative Period
1996-154

Information

Title
Bowl with incised hieroglyphs
Dates

1200–900 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
10.5 × 31 × 12 cm (4 1/8 × 12 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter Sharrer
Object Number
1996-154
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Puebla, Central Mexico, Las Bocas

Culture
Olmec
Period
Early Preclassic
Type
bowls (vessels), ceramics
Materials
ceramic

Gift of Peter Sharrer, New York, NY to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1996 [1]. [1] Peter Sharrer is the owner of New York based art gallery Peter Sharrer Ancient Art, Inc.

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