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Bottle

ca. 1500
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Wavy lines form swirls in their two-tiered meander across the surface of this bottle. Incised crosshatching is highlighted with white pigment to create a contrasting texture and pattern. Spirals and scrolls appear on both historical and contemporary objects from the southeastern United States, such as Choctaw sashes, revealing a continuum in the use of this imagery.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bottle
  • Artist: Unrecorded Caddoan artist
  • Date: ca. 1500
  • Geography: United States, Harrison County, Texas
  • Culture: Caddoan
  • Medium: Clay, pigment
  • Dimensions: H. 10 1/2 × W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 × 26.7 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY (T0644)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing