Standing female figure with 'huipil' and skirt
Artist
Veracruz artist(s)
CultureCentral Veracruz
OriginTierra Blanca, Veracruz, Mexico
PeriodLate Classic period (600-850 CE)
Date500-800
MediumEarthenware, white pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 35.4 x 19.1 x 7.9 cm (13 15/16 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
DescriptionVeracruz standing female figure with huilil and skirt, Late Classic period, with hands at the hip, the small face with open mouth and straight hair falling to the shoulders. She is wearing an elaborately patterned robe with incised chevron and meander designs, beaded hem, cross-hatched sash, tiered turban with side flanges, tied sandals and jewellery.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.79
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
600-900
Object number: G83.1.74
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
ca.1740; decorated ca.1760-1802
Object number: G83.1.902
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1760-1765
Object number: G83.1.863
Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.32
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
600-900
Object number: G83.1.69
Artist / Maker: Kloster-Veilsdorf Porcelain Factory
ca.1764-1765
Object number: G83.1.890
