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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.

Unknown, Tripod Vessel Depicting Eagles and Shells, 400–650 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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