Accession No

1949.498 B


Description

Ceramic jar or vessel with flat base, sloping sides and domed top. Long, deeply arched handle over top; circular opening on one side and tapering spout opposite. Red and burnished. Handle has previously been detached, now repaired.


Place

Americas; North America; Mexico; ?Guadalajara


Period


Source

Gadow, Hans Friedrich (Sir) [collector]; Gadow, Clara Maud (Mrs) [bequeather]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1949.498 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

141mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1949.498 A-C: 'A: Curious miniature, pottery vessel, with flat base and high, swelling body with round top. Large, loop handle at top. Spout on one side and round aperture on the other. Painted in yellow and brown on white. Somewhat similar to 1949.497, so possibly from Guadalajara. B-C: two similar burnished, red ware jars.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Exhibited: Removed from display in CUMAA anthropology gallery, in ?August 1986.
Event Date 08/1986
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Rachel Hand description for 1949.498 A-C: 'A and B - handles broken, now repaired. B - little spout broken, now repaired. C - wear on glaze.'
Event Date 14/3/2000
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Ceramic jar or vessel with flat base, sloping sides and domed top. Long, deeply arched handle over top; circular opening on one side and tapering spout opposite. Red and burnished. Handle has previously been detached, now repaired.
Event Date 29/6/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:292548

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