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Jar with Relief-moulded Mask

OriginColima, Mexico
PeriodLate to Terminal Formative period (300 BCE-300 CE)
Date300 BCE - 300 CE
MediumRed earthenware, pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 29.5 x 20 cm (11 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
DescriptionColima jar with relief-molded mask, Late Formative period, with a round face and high cheekbones, a domed forehead and small mouth. The ridged rims encircle the protruding eyes, and the jar is wearing a turban tied in front. There is a spout with a wide lip emerging from the top of the head. The jar is painted in reddish-brown and pale orange pigments.


Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.32
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Status
On view
Face Mask
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.36
Multiple-face Jar
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.39
Figure of a Seated Hunchback
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.30
Shark-shaped vessel
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.31
Duck-shaped Vessel
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.33
Effigy Jar with Anthropomorphic Mythical Being
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-300
Object number: G83.1.187
Figural Group of a Mother and Child
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.60
Scowling Harlequin
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
c.1738-40
Object number: G83.1.907
Cylinder Vase with Moulded Human Face
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500-700
Object number: G83.1.101
Anthropomorphic Effigy Urn
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300-800
Object number: G83.1.91
Harlequin Family
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kändler
April or May 1738
Object number: G83.1.910
Owl Effigy Bottle with Stirrup-spout
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-500
Object number: G83.1.161