Bowl Depicting a Female Figure with Shield and Darts Motifs
300–600 CE Artist:
Teotihuacan Teotihuacan, Mexico About this artwork
Teotihuacan ceramic vessels were often fired and coated with a fine plaster that was then painted with figures and symbolic elements. This technique was derived from methods employed by mural painters, who covered masonry walls with fine plaster to serve as the ground for large-scale frescoes. The flaming torch may well allude to the ceremony of New Fire, kindled at New Year’s festivals and every 52 years at the inauguration of a new “century” in the native calendar system.
Culture Teotihuacan Title Bowl Depicting a Female Figure with Shield and Darts Motifs Place Valley of Mexico (Object made in:) Date 300 CE–600 CE Medium Ceramic, plaster, and pigment Dimensions Diam.: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.) Credit Line African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund Reference Number 1968.790 IIIF Manifest https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/30739/manifest.json
Bowl Depicting a Female Figure with Shield and Darts Motifs
300–600 CE
Artist:
Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan, Mexico
About this artwork
Teotihuacan ceramic vessels were often fired and coated with a fine plaster that was then painted with figures and symbolic elements. This technique was derived from methods employed by mural painters, who covered masonry walls with fine plaster to serve as the ground for large-scale frescoes. The flaming torch may well allude to the ceremony of New Fire, kindled at New Year’s festivals and every 52 years at the inauguration of a new “century” in the native calendar system.
Culture
Teotihuacan
Title
Bowl Depicting a Female Figure with Shield and Darts Motifs
Place
Valley of Mexico (Object made in:)
Date
300 CE–600 CE
Medium
Ceramic, plaster, and pigment
Dimensions
Diam.: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund
Reference Number
1968.790
IIIF Manifest
https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/30739/manifest.json