COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0076-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0076
Title:
Spouted ewer with concentric circular designs : tea pot : serving vessel.
Subject:
Drinking vessels--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site
Subject:
Pottery--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site
Subject:
Ceramic tableware--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Subject:
Purépecha art--Mexico--Tzintzuntzan Site
Description:
This unique serving vessel, in the form of a teapot or ewer, features a funnel opening, a stirrup handle, and a curved spout. The center of the vessel has a depressed top with a protruding button. The artist used a resist slip process to create the white slip design on red slip ground.
Materials:
Ceramic: red-orange clay with cream slip: painted with red linear designs on the exterior and interior with an additional five insects.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 1200 and 1532
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Vessel
Dimensions:
8 3/8 in high x 7 11/32 in wide x 9 1/4 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Tzintzuntzan, Mexico
Rights:
Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Culture:
Tzintzuntzan
Culture:
Tarascan
Culture:
Purepecha
Period:
Post Classic
