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Collections

Tripod Vessel Depicting Figure in Butterfly Headdress and Mountain Motif350–450 CE

Not on view
Ceramic tripod vessel with painted reddish-brown body decorated with turquoise, yellow, and green figural and geometric motifs; hollow slab feet with rectangular cutouts; surface cracked and partially restored
Ceramic tripod vessel with cylindrical body supported on three hollow, openwork rectangular feet. Surface decorated with polychrome painted figures and abstract motifs in turquoise, red-brown, yellow, and white. A frontal masked or deity face appears prominently at center, surrounded by scrolling and geometric border designs. Vessel is partially reconstructed with visible cracks and losses.
Title
Tripod Vessel Depicting Figure in Butterfly Headdress and Mountain Motif
Culture
Teotihuacan
Place Made
Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan
Date Made
350–450 CE
Medium
Stuccoed ceramic with postfire applied pigment
Dimensions
LE Inventory: 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (16.51 × 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1998.209.16.1
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Magaloni Kerpel, Diana, and Megan E. O'Neil, editors. The Science and Art of Maya Painted Ceramic Vessels: Contextualizing a Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022. https://www.archive.org/details/maya-painted-ceramic-vessels (accessed November 21, 2022).
  • Conides, Cynthia. Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient Teotihuacan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.
Selected Exhibition History
  • The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan. Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, December 7, 2014
  • The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan. Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, December 7, 2014