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Figural Vessel with Spout100–300 CE

Not on view
Pre-Columbian ceramic stirrup-spout vessel with rounded red-brown body and a detailed sculpted human face with dark-painted features and incised hair on one end
Ceramic stirrup-spout vessel with burnished red-orange slip, featuring a modeled human face with incised facial markings, dotted headdress, and streaked hair; round body with dark mineral deposits on surface.

Unknown, Figural Vessel with Spout, 100–300 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Joan Palevsky Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Figural Vessel with Spout
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Guatemala, Southern Highlands
Date Made
100–300 CE
Medium
Burnished and slipped ceramic
Dimensions
4 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (10.48 x 17.15 x 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Joan Palevsky Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.101
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas