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Avian Effigy Bowl

Date

1200-1470 CE

Creator

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The carefully proportioned beak and rim flanges of this avian effigy combine with very simply painted features to balance the precisely and intricately painted slip on the sides of the bowl. from O'Grady, Myth & Melancholy: The Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. O'Grady Collection of Southern Cone Art (Notre Dame, 2014)

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