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Round painted ceramic bowl with a red and cream figure curving across the center, surrounded by radiating striped bands and a stepped border.

Pedestal Bowl Depicting an Anthropomorphic Saurian Figure

A shallow circular bowl painted in red, orange, cream and dark brown with a stylized figure in the center, its body curving across the surface. Radiating striped bands and a stepped, scroll-like motif fill the field around it, and a stepped border edges the rim.

Artist
Coclé
Date
1100–1300
Medium
Ceramic and pigment
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1686 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1300).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund

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