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Dogs Playing200 BCE–500 CE

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Small hand-modeled earthenware sculpture of two animal-like figures facing each other, snouts touching, bodies intertwined, on sandy tan-brown unglazed clay

Unknown, Dogs Playing, 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
Dogs Playing
Culture
Colima
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Unslipped buff ceramic with incised decoration
Dimensions
3 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (7.94 x 11.11 cm)
Credit Line
The Proctor Stafford Collection, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch
Accession Number
M.86.296.207
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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