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Vessel with Codex-Style Scene1350–1500

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Ceramic vessel with pear-shaped body and tall cylindrical neck, covered in painted terracotta, russet, and brown figural and glyphic motifs in vertical panels
Ceramic vessel with bulbous body and narrow cylindrical neck, painted overall in red, orange, black, and white slip with densely packed figural and geometric imagery including anthropomorphic figures, step-fret motifs, and horizontal register bands.
Ceramic sphere with painted and incised Mesoamerican glyphs and figural motifs in red, brown, and tan, with a central scrollwork design encircled by banded geometric and zoomorphic patterning; aged surface with visible wear.
Ceramic vessel with bulbous body and narrow cylindrical neck, painted with polychrome figural and scrolling geometric motifs in red, brown, and black; surface shows age-worn slip typical of ancient Mesoamerican or Andean pottery.
Title
Vessel with Codex-Style Scene
Culture
Aztatlan
Place Made
Mexico, West Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
1350–1500
Style
Postclassic International
Medium
Engobe-painted earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm) Height: 13 1/4 in. (33.66 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2000.86
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected 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.