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Tripod Vessel Depicting Eagles and Shells400–650 CE

Not on view
Ceramic tripod cylinder vessel with salmon-pink ground and white slip decoration depicting a curling supernatural figure, with rectangular pierced feet and extensive surface wear
Ceramic tripod vessel with cylindrical body on three hollow rectangular feet. Exterior decorated with white-painted figures on a terracotta-orange slip, showing human or deity forms in a frieze above a lower band of vertical stripes. Paint surface partially flaked.
Ceramic tripod vessel with terracotta-orange slip and painted white stucco decoration depicting a zoomorphic figure; three hollow rectangular feet with cut-out geometric openings support the cylindrical body.
Ceramic tripod vessel with cylindrical form, supported by three rectangular hollow feet with cut-out perforations. Exterior decorated with painted figures and glyphs in white slip over a terracotta-red ground, now heavily worn and flaking.
Cylindrical ceramic tripod vessel with flared rim, supported on three hollow rectangular feet with cut-out openings. Red-orange stucco surface retains partially flaking painted decoration in white and gray, depicting a figure amid ornamental motifs encircling the body, with a horizontal band near the base.
Ceramic tripod vessel with cylindrical body raised on three rectangular slab feet with perforations. Red-orange slip decorated with painted white and gray figures, depicting a serpentine or zoomorphic form. Lower register shows geometric banding. Significant paint loss revealing buff clay beneath; darkened interior.
Title
Tripod Vessel Depicting Eagles and Shells
Culture
Teotihuacan
Place Made
Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan
Date Made
400–650 CE
Medium
Stuccoed ceramic with postfire applied pigments
Dimensions
Height: 4 3/4 in. (12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1998.209.14
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • 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