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Tripod Vessel with Image of Warrior450–650 CE

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Terracotta tripod vessel with polychrome painted deity face in coral red and sage green, with spiral ear ornaments and feathered headdress; one leg has rectangular cutouts
Cylindrical ceramic tripod vessel with painted decoration in red, blue-green, and white on a terracotta ground, depicting a frontal figure with elaborate headdress and circular eye ornaments; one slab-shaped foot with cutout openings visible at front.

Unknown, Tripod Vessel with Image of Warrior, 450–650 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Title
Tripod Vessel with Image of Warrior
Culture
Teotihuacan
Place Made
Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan
Date Made
450–650 CE
Medium
Stuccoed Thin Orange ceramic with postfire applied pigments
Dimensions
Height: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1996.146.55
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography

  • Robb, Matthew H., editor. Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2017.

  • 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.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan. Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, December 7, 2014

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