Phytomorphic Vessel

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Phytomorphic Vessel

Mexico, Colima, Colima, 200 BCE–500 CE
Ceramics
Burnished ceramic with slip
Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1996.146.27)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.

  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot and Green, Judith Strupp. Precolumbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Themes in Mesoamerican Art. San Diego, CA: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, 1990.