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Phytomorphic Vessel200 BCE–500 CE

Not on view
Burnished ceramic vessel with a wide flat base, rounded central jar with flared mouth, and four upright petal-like projections, covered in brick-red and dark brown fire-clouded slip

Unknown, Phytomorphic Vessel, 200 BCE–500 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Phytomorphic Vessel
Culture
Colima
Place Made
Mexico, Colima
Date Made
200 BCE–500 CE
Medium
Burnished ceramic with slip
Dimensions
Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1996.146.27
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography

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

  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot and Green, Judith Strupp. Precolumbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Themes in Mesoamerican Art. San Diego, CA: Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art, 1990.