Detail View: The AMICA Library: Spouted Vessel
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1979.206.947
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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During the late first millennium B .C., fine grayware ceramics associated with the hilltop site of Monte Albán and its neighbors in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca have their most significant manifestation in the vessel form known as a bridge-and-spout (or bridge-spout). The bodies of such vessels were elaborated on the front opposite the spout with raised images of what appear to be the deities venerated in the region. In this example, for instance, head, arms, and legs were worked in relief on the surface, transforming the body of the vessel into the body of the figure. The high-relief head, with its wrinkled face and extended lips, may relate to the deities known later in Mexico as the "old god," Huehuetotl, and Ehecatl, the "wind god."
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; Central American; Mesoamerican
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Monte Alb n
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Title:
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Spouted Vessel
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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3rd?1st century B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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0
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Creation End Date:
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0
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Materials and Techniques:
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Ceramic
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Creation Place:
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Mexico
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Dimensions:
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H. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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1979.206.947
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Credit Line:
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The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_1979.206.947.tif
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