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Seated Dog Vessel
ca. 200 BCE - 500 CE10 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (27.3 x 12.1 cm)
Unknown, Colima
Mexican
Object Type:
Ceramics
Medium and Support:
Clay
Credit Line:
R.T. Miller, Jr. Fund #2
Accession Number:
1942.14
Location: Currently on view
The rounded, hollow Colima vessels were made with reddish clay. The black spattering was not intentional, it is the result of the oxidation of the chemical element, manganese, present in the clay. This occurred when the manganese was leached out, over time, by contact with water in the tombs. The vessels’ smooth, lustrous surfaces were attained through burnishing – a process of rubbing the surface with a smooth rock to make it shiny.
In addition to ceramics, valuable goods obtained through trade, such as shell, green stone and obsidian were buried in the shaft-and-chamber tombs of the Colima people.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
In addition to ceramics, valuable goods obtained through trade, such as shell, green stone and obsidian were buried in the shaft-and-chamber tombs of the Colima people.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1942
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- An Animal Hunt in Art 4/7/1951 - 4/29/1951
- Around the World in Rochester 2/8/1952 - 3/2/1952
- C is for Cat Memorial Art Gallery 8/10/1971 - 10/31/1971
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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