Vessel applique
Date200-600 A.D.
Mediumfired clay
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Faye Niequist
Object number1988.18.3
DescriptionGrotesque human face applied to wall of a finely-made vessel of a special "elite" ware ("thin-orange") probably made in Puebla and imported and often re-exported by Teotihuacan "pochteca" (merchants). Surviving vessel fragment with highly-burnished interior identifies this piece.On View
Not on view1300-1500
550-750 A.D.
100-400 A.D.
19th century