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Collections

Footed Vessel1200–1500

Not on view
Ceramic footed vessel with bulbous body and cylindrical neck, painted with geometric and starburst motifs in burgundy-brown and white on a reddish-brown ground
Ceramic footed vessel with a globular base and tapering neck, painted in dark brown and cream geometric and curvilinear bands on a red slip ground; the lower half undecorated red-orange earthenware with surface wear.

Unknown, Footed Vessel, 1200–1500, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Footed Vessel
Culture
Mixtec-Puebla
Place Made
Mexico, Western Oaxaca or Puebla
Date Made
1200–1500
Medium
Slip-painted ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 9 in. (22.86 cm); Circumference: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
M.86.311.48
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Fields, Virginia M. Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. London: Scala; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.