Bottle. Ceramic, height: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bill and Gale Simmons, 1994.144.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.144.5_transpc002.jpg)
Bottle. Ceramic, height: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bill and Gale Simmons, 1994.144.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1994.144.5_print_bw.jpg)
Bottle
Arts of Africa
MEDIUM
Ceramic
DIMENSIONS
height: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
diameter: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of Africa
ACCESSION NUMBER
1994.144.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Bill and Gale Simmons
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Reddish-glazed bottle with rounded bottom. Body bell-shaped, ending at shoulder. Neck 6 1/8" long with 1" opening surrounded by flared lip. Bottle decorated with linear incisions. Around base of neck, 9 shallow incised grooves. Shallower grooves at top of shoulder (1) and around center of body (12). Six sets of 9 diagonal lines decorate center of body to bottom. CONDITION: Generally good. Pigment discoloration (lightened) on one side. Dark discoloration throughout, especially on neck and shoulders. Slight chipping on one side. Scattered minor pitting.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Bottle. Ceramic, height: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bill and Gale Simmons, 1994.144.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.144.5_transpc002.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1994.144.5_transpc002.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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