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Vessel200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Terracotta ceramic vessel with ribbed, gourd-shaped body, wide disk rim, small animal-head projections on each side, and three short claw-like feet
Ceramic tripod vessel with a globular, ribbed body in burnished red-orange slip, small flanged neck and flared rim, with two lateral loop handles and three zoomorphic leg supports.

Unknown, Vessel, 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
Vessel
Culture
Colima
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished red-slipped ceramic
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 14 in. (24.13 x 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.189
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.
  • Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.

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