The vessels used different colors sizes and had varied purposes.
Ceramic vessels from different cultures.
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Vessels for the elite could be painted with very detailed scenes while utilitarian vessels were undecorated or much simpler.
They develop criteria for value and meaning of these objects and create a timeline to situate the objects in history.
Pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component.
Bhutan is a small landlocked country skirting the southern side of the himalayan mountain range.
Native american pottery is an art form with at least a 7500 year history in the americas.
All three have a focus on religious and cultural themes and values unique to the country.
Maya ceramics are ceramics produced in the pre columbian maya culture of mesoamerica.
They included highly polished bowls of red pottery with black dots spirals and flowing lines.
In bhutan the variety in ceramic production includes unfired sculpture traditional unglazed pots and modern pottery.
Elite pottery usually in the form of straight sided beakers called vases used for drinking chocolate was placed in burials giving a number of survivals in good condition.
Cultures especially noted for ceramics include the chinese cretan greek persian mayan japanese and korean cultures as well as the modern western cultures.
Students view ceramic vessels from different time periods and cultures and discuss their meanings functions and original contexts.
Ancient persian art from 3500 bce.
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Chinese late neolithic ceramics feature a variety of delicate burnished ceremonial vessels illustrating the painted pottery culture of the period.
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Ceramics are used for utilitarian cooking vessels serving and storage vessels pipes funerary urns censers musical instruments ceremonial items masks toys sculptures and a myriad of other art forms.