Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants antique dexterity game the surface decoration playfully advances

the surface decoration playfully advances an illusion of the vessel's flatness

or just be what is is

in the literal sense--I can't possibly imagine possessing the skill

Small loss to upper right corner visible from back only

3 1/2 x 5 3/8 and in very good

Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants antique dexterity game the surface decoration playfully advancesI'm not knowledgable enough about pre Columbian pottery to identify where this bowl came from, but it was identified to me as Central American. I immediately fell in love with the remnants of painted decoration on it, which, as positioned in my first photo, suggests an excellent skull and crossbones sort of mask at center. (Or perhaps a cat with a very pointy chin!) And then a triangle pointing to the rim, with what looks a bit like a figure in