Tripod Vessel with Image of Warrior

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Tripod Vessel with Image of Warrior

Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, 450–650 CE
Ceramics
Stuccoed Thin Orange ceramic with postfire applied pigments
Height: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1996.146.55)
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Bibliography

  • Robb, Matthew H., editor. Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2017.

  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.

Exhibition history

  • The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 29, 2014 - December 7, 2014