Organ Cactus Vessel

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Organ Cactus Vessel

Mexico, Colima, 200 BCE–500 CE
Ceramics
Slip-painted earthenware
10 x 9 1/2 in. (25.4 x 24.13 cm)
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch (M.86.296.178)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Mexico en el Mundo de las Colecciones de Arte: Mesoamerica. Vol.2. Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, 1994.
  • Kan, Michael, Meighan, Clement, Nicholson, H.B. and Rexford Stead.  Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970.
  • Mexico en el Mundo de las Colecciones de Arte: Mesoamerica. Vol.2. Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, 1994.
  • Kan, Michael, Meighan, Clement, Nicholson, H.B. and Rexford Stead.  Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Transformation: the LACMA Campaign. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2008.
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