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Seated Male Figure200 BCE–500 CE

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Ceramic sculpture of a seated human-animal hybrid figure with a dog-like snout, funnel-shaped horns, brick-red slip, and looping arms holding a small vessel
Ceramic seated figure with a dog-like head featuring two upturned ear-spouts, painted in red slip with a smaller animal cradled in looped arms across the front.
Ceramic seated figure with a dog-like head featuring two upright ear spouts, hollow eyes and mouth, holding a vessel across its body; burnished red and cream slip with areas of wear.
Ceramic seated figure with elongated neck, stylized face, and circular ear ornaments, covered in red-brown slip with traces of painted decoration; one arm curves across the body, legs bent forward with articulated toes.
Ceramic seated figure with red-orange slip, stylized animal-like head with two flared projections, arms crossed over bent knees, smooth modeled surface with areas of wear.
Ceramic seated figure with red-brown slip, arms looped forward to rest on bent knees, schematic facial features, and a headdress with two disc-like projections; areas of worn surface reveal underlying clay.
Ceramic seated figure with a dog-like head, red-slipped surface showing age wear, holding a smaller animal figure in its arms, with round inlaid eyes and upright ears; hand-built with smoothed forms.
Title
Seated Male Figure
Culture
Jalisco
Place Made
Mexico, Jalisco
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished ceramic with slip
Dimensions
15 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 in. (38.74 x 24.13 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.41
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.