Zoomorphic Jug

OriginOaxaca, Mexico

PeriodLate Postclassic Period (1350-1521)

Date1428-1521

MediumEarthenware, red pigment, black graphite pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.

DimensionsOverall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)

DescriptionMixtec vessel, Late Postclassic period, with rounded body, tall cylindrical neck, the rim moulded with a feline head. The mouth is forming the spout, and there is a strap handle at the back. It is painted in deep reddish-brown and black.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.93

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Mesoamerica

Collections

Status

Not on view

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