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Seated Male Figure200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Ceramic vessel in dark brown clay, a large squat feline creature with arms curving up to a rim, topped by a small crouching humanoid figure serving as a lid

Unknown, Seated Male Figure, 200 BCE–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Seated Male Figure
Culture
Jalisco
Place Made
Mexico, Jalisco
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished ceramic with slip
Dimensions
10 x 7 1/2 x 7 in. (25.4 x 19.05 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.105
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.

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