Anthropomorphic Jug
Artist
Aztec artist(s)
CultureAztec
OriginOaxaca, Mexico
PeriodLate Postclassic Period (1350-1521)
Date1428-1521
MediumEarthenware, red pigment, black graphite pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 23 cm (10 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
DescriptionMixtec vessel, Late Postclassic period, of rounded form with circular depressions, and surmounted by a tall handle. One side moulded with the bust of an old man, holding his right hand to the rim, while his right arm forms the spout. There are incised lines on this face, with goatee, and various head decorations. Painted in orange and black pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.94
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
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