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Collections

Seated Woman200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Terra-cotta ceramic sculpture of a crouching human figure holding a smaller form, with incised facial features and orange-red slip glaze
Title
Seated Woman
Culture
Nayarit
Place Made
Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished ceramic with slip
Dimensions
9 1/2 × 5 × 6 in. (24.13 × 12.7 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.62b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Kan, Michael, Meighan, Clement, Nicholson, H.B. and Rexford Stead. Sculpture of Ancient West Mexico: Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1970.