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Collections

Tripod Vessel600–900 CE

Not on view
Pre-Columbian ceramic tripod vessel with burnished dark brown surface, incised scroll and mask motifs on upper body, hollow bulbous feet with rectangular openings
Ceramic vessel with a bulbous body tapering to a cylindrical neck, supported by four hollow rounded feet with rectangular cutouts. The conical neck is encircled by horizontal ridges above a band of incised curvilinear and zoomorphic motifs. Gray-brown earthenware surface with areas of tan where the slip has worn.

Unknown, Tripod Vessel, 600–900 CE (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Tripod Vessel
Culture
Maya
Place Made
Mexico or Guatemala, Pacific Coast, Soconusco
Date Made
600–900 CE
Medium
Fine orange ceramic with plumbate slip
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Height: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.86.311.35
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas

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