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Vessel with Image of Figure in Profile and Crossed Bands450–650 CE

Not on view
Reassembled ceramic vessel with angular profile and cream slip, painted with dense interlocking figures in dark brown and brick red
Reconstructed ceramic vessel with wide body tapering to a flat base, reassembled from multiple fragments with visible cracks. Painted decoration in red, black, and white covers the surface with curvilinear and geometric figural motifs.
Ceramic vessel reassembled from fragments, with a wide flat base tapering to a broader shoulder and jagged, broken rim. Exterior decorated with painted figural and geometric motifs in red, black, and white on a cream slip ground; dark brown unslipped interior visible.
Ceramic vessel with reconstructed fragments, wide flared rim and rounded base, dark brown interior. Exterior surfaces painted white with black and red painted geometric and curvilinear motifs. Multiple cracks and missing sections visible throughout.
Fragmentary ceramic vessel with wide mouth and flat base, heavily restored from sherds; exterior decorated with painted geometric and figural motifs in red, black, and white slip; dark brown unslipped interior visible through large missing sections.
Fragmentary ceramic vessel with a rounded body and low foot ring, reassembled from broken sherds with visible gaps and cracks. White slip ground painted with red and black figural and geometric motifs; upper portion partially missing.
Ceramic vessel, heavily fragmentary and reassembled, with wide open form and cream-slipped exterior decorated with red and black geometric painted patterns; interior burnished brown-red; visible cracks and missing sections throughout.
Ceramic vessel with wide, flared body reassembled from fragments, decorated with painted curvilinear and figural designs in red, brown, and black on a cream slip ground; significant surface wear and cracking throughout.
Title
Vessel with Image of Figure in Profile and Crossed Bands
Culture
Teotihuacan
Place Made
Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacán
Date Made
450–650 CE
Medium
Stuccoed ceramic with post-fire applied paint
Dimensions
Height: 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm); Diameter: 11 1/4 in. (28.58 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.2006.49.2
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Conides, Cynthia. Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient Teotihuacan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan. Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, December 7, 2014
  • The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan. Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, December 7, 2014