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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Incised Blackware Bowl
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Incised Blackware Bowl

AAT Object Techniqueincising
AAT Object Form/Functionfooted bowls
Place CreatedGuatemala, North America
CultureMaya
PeriodLate Preclassic
Date250 BCE-250 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions7 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18.7 x 23.9 x 14 cm)
Object number1990.011.072
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, 2006 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - December 2023
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 7, 2025 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 7, figure 3.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased June 25, 1971.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas