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Tripod Vessel400–600 CE

Not on view
Terracotta cylindrical tripod vessel with deeply incised rectangular panel depicting a goggle-eyed mask surrounded by scrolling relief designs, on three decorated slab feet

Unknown, Tripod Vessel, 400–600 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Tripod Vessel
Culture
Teotihuacan
Place Made
Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan
Date Made
400–600 CE
Medium
Thin Orange ceramic with molded decoration
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm) Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1996.146.54
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Curatorial Notes

The panel on the body of this vessel was impressed on the surface with a mold. The feather-bordered frame encloses an elaborately dressed figure.

2008

Selected Bibliography
  • Conides, Cynthia. Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient Teotihuacan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.

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