Object class: Fruit / Materials: Lacquer (coating) (gourd, lacquer, paint, gold and silver leaf) / Loans: S1966-1967 #2: Upward Bound/Lawrence Crouchett (July 14, 1966–July 14, 1966) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Fruit Materials Lacquer (coating) (gourd, lacquer, paint, gold and silver leaf) Loans S1966-1967 #2: Upward Bound/Lawrence Crouchett (July 14, 1966–July 14, 1966)

Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl (jícara), accession number 3-544, described as Jicara, gourd bowl, from half of tree-calabash ("Crescentia"), lacquered black outside, red inside, with thickened band of red lacquer 2.7 cm wide around rim outside. Brush-painted decoration of plant, animal and geometric motifs in concentric bands: some bands of gold-leaf inside, silver (tarnished) outside; Mexican eagle/serpent emblem in bottom. "Clemencia" on rim. Cracked. Some flaking lacquer. Diam. 18 cm, H 9 cm.