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Tripod Vessel200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Ceramic tripod vessel with lobed, pumpkin-shaped body and short neck, covered in a red slip with dark fire-cloud speckles, resting on three short legs

Unknown, Tripod Vessel, 200 BCE–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Tripod Vessel
Culture
Colima
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished ceramic with slip
Dimensions
Height: 8 1/2 in. (21.59 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.197
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.

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