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Plate

Maker F. Gouveia

DateLate 20th C

MediumClay

Dimensions1 15/16”H x 9 9/16” DIAM

SignedMarajó, F. Gouveia, Pará-Bra...

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Robert G. Gordon ‘50

Object numberNLA1999.02.GOR

DescriptionPlate with red slip in which the designs have been created by chip carving exposing the yellow clay below and leaving the red slip designs above. Designs include: a central rectangle with a rectangular spiral with rectangular appendages. From each corner there is a spiral with appendages. In between them are images of stepped platforms, also with appendages, two with narrow rectangular spirals and two with wide rectangular spirals extending from the tops.

ClassificationsCeramics

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