Vessel with Codex-Style Scene

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Vessel with Codex-Style Scene

Mexico, West Mexico, Nayarit, Mixtec-Puebla or International style, 1350–1500
Ceramics
Slip-painted ceramic
Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm) Height: 13 1/4 in. (33.66 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2000.86)
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1 MAP IT
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • 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.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Fields, Virginia M. Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. London: Scala; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.
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