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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
  • Tiesler, Vera, and Andrew K. Scherer. "Introducing Smoke, Flame, and the Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice." In Smoke, Flames, and the Human Body in Mesoamerican Ritual Practice, edited by Vera Tiesler and Andrew K. Scherer, 1-28. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2018.
  • 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.