Modified hemispherical burnished brown bowl with rounded base and rim. Incised decoration of a profile feline with upturned herd and four lobed guilloche motifs with dotted reed stamped circles on red and brown-red paint. Rows of dots to 3.2 cm gap marked by vertical bands of bar and dot paint. Some well-preserved red, yellow, brown-red and black post-fire paints. Root marks. Moulded manufacture. Breakage restored.

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• Type of Item bowl
• Culture Paracas
• Material clay, adhesive, paint
• Measurements height 8.5 cm, diameter 20.2 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
• Received from Erika H. Sawyer

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• Made in Ica

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• Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 2990/0162