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Collections

Seated Male (Brazier)600–900 CE

Not on view
Pre-Columbian ceramic figure-vessel of a seated cross-legged humanoid figure with a wide flat-rimmed bowl on its head, covered in dark blue-black pigment, pale tan clay body
Title
Seated Male (Brazier)
Place Made
Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Mixtequilla region
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Ceramic with chapapote (pitch)
Dimensions
20 7/8 × 14 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (53.02 × 36.51 × 31.43 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
M.2010.115.20
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.