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Collections

Two-handled Urn1200–1500

Not on view
Ceramic vessel with cylindrical body covered in burnished brick-red slip, decorated with incised tan scroll and spiral motifs, with two small tab handles
Title
Two-handled Urn
Culture
Mixtec or Aztec
Place Made
Mexico, Puebla or Tlaxcala, Eastern Nahua
Date Made
1200–1500
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
13 x 14 in. (33 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.31
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Fields, Virginia M. Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. London: Scala; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.