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Collections

Double-Chambered Vessel with Monkey300–500 CE

Not on view
Unglazed terracotta double-cylinder vessel with incised floral motifs, small tripod feet, and a lid topped with a crouching animal figure

Unknown, Double-Chambered Vessel with Monkey, 300–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Double-Chambered Vessel with Monkey
Culture
Teotihuacan
Place Made
Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan
Date Made
300–500 CE
Medium
Thin Orange ceramic with mold-made decoration
Dimensions
Height: 4 13/16 in. (12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1992.134.10
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot. Sacred Gifts: Precolumbian Art and Creativity. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1994.

  • Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.