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Bottle with Stylized Jaguar Paw1200–800 BCE

Not on view
Dark ceramic vessel with a spherical body and straight cylindrical neck, incised with angular geometric patterns in lighter clay tones against a charcoal-black surface
Ceramic vessel with globular body and tall cylindrical neck, dark burnished surface with incised curvilinear and rectilinear designs across the body.

Unknown, Bottle with Stylized Jaguar Paw, 1200–800 BCE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Bottle with Stylized Jaguar Paw
Culture
Olmec
Place Made
Mexico, Valley of Mexico
Date Made
1200–800 BCE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1993.217.3
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.