01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Copador ceramic bowl with a composite silhouette and a flat base, decorated on both surfaces with black, orange, and red paint on cream.

The outer surface has two horizontal decorative bands, one with pseudoglyphs and the other with stepped designs in red and orange.

Inside, a decorative band on the wall contains oval pseudoglyphs. In the bottom, a circle outlined in red with a black dot in the center.

Period

CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Late Classic (650-900 AD).

Provenance

Peripheral Lowlands (Eastern Guatemala)

Medium / Material

Clay

Technique

Modeled, Painting, Slip

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 cm
Diameter: 21 cm

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

Main Sources:

* TOXTLI Archaeological Museum, Domenech Foundation, El Salvador.
https://www.fundaciondomenech.org/toxtli

* “From Ceremonial to Everyday Life, Copador Ceramics in El Salvador” (Exhibition Catalog). September 2017. David J. Guzmán National Museum of Anthropology, El Salvador. 20 pp.

* Banco Atlántida Virtual Museum, Honduras: https://museobancoatlantida.com/la-coleccion/arqueologia/

Exhibitions

Piece exhibited at the Centra Norte Shopping Mall (September 1 to November 2, 2021).

Publications