Tripod Vessel Decorated with Headdress and Shield

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Tripod Vessel Decorated with Headdress and Shield

Mexico, Basin of Mexico,Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, 400–650 CE
Ceramics
Stuccoed ceramic with post-fire stucco and pigment
Overall (Diameter): 5 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (14.61 × 16.19 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1993.217.15)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Conides, Cynthia. Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient Teotihuacan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.
  • 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