A Global Approach to Ceramics

A vessel is a hollow container, such as a cup, bowl, or vase, for holding something.

The vessel’s parts include its foot or base, its walls and opening, its rim or lip, and sometimes: shoulders, neck, lid, handle, etc.

Double Effigy VesselH. 64 inchesLate 19th CenturyMangbetu, Zaire

Pig VesselH. 22 cm, L. 25cmNeolithic ChinaDawenkou Culture (4300 – 2500 BC)

Pig Vessel(front view)

Vessel Decoratedwith Animalsand a LandscapeH. 9.6 cmMid-3rd Millennium BC

Yoke-Form VesselH. 11 in.5th CenturyGuatemala, Maya

Yoke-Form Vessel detail

Small Vessel with Banded Neck Decoration3 1/8 x 2 3/8 inchesc. 1800-1550 BCELevant, Jericho

Trefoil Juglet3 7/8 x 2 1/2 incheslate sixth-fifth centuries BCEEastern Mediterranean

The Atalanta Lekythos (Funerary Oil Jug)H. 31.8 cm500-490 BCEGreece, Athens

Bowl2 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches10th centuryIran, Nishapur or Turkestan

Vessel in the Form of a Jaguar12 1/16 x 8 7/8 inchesPeriod VI, ACE 1000 – 1550Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, Pataky

Storage Jar15 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches13th-14th centuryJapan, Kamakura period

EwerH. 10 inches c. 1500Italy, Venice, Murano

Mango-shaped FlaskH. 2 1/2 inchesmid-17th centuryIndia, Mughal dynasty

Colonial Garlands Jewelry BoxH. 3.0 inches, D. 6.3 inches2003(Peruvian, contemporary) Jose Antonio Rios and his family

Ceramic vessel withperson holding plants(AD 300-500) Nazca , Ica Region, Peru

Contemporary vessels…