Plate

31104

From: Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 31104
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inca
Provenience Peru | Sun Temple | Pachacamac
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 1350-1500
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Clay | Pigment
Description

Small, no handle, painting much obliterated

Plate with a flaring body, no neck/collar, rounded rim, no handles, and a flat base. No molded/modeled additions. The vessel is painted on the top surface red with white at the center. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom of the base and black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2386."

Height 2.2 cm
Width 13.1 cm
Thickness 0.58 cm
Outside Diameter 11.9 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 2386 - Field No SF

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