Tripod Vessel with Storm God Impersonator450–550 CE
Title Tripod Vessel with Storm God Impersonator Culture Teotihuacan Place Made Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan Date Made 450–550 CE Medium Earthenware with postfire stucco and pigment Dimensions LE Inventory: 5 5/8 × 5 7/8 in. (14.29 × 14.92 cm) Credit Line Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing Accession Number AC1993.217.16 Classification Ceramics Collecting Area Art of the Ancient Americas Curatorial Notes
The goggle eyes and fanged mouth of the figure on this vessel are characteristics of the powerful Central Mexican deity associated with storms, rain, and lightning.
2008 Selected Bibliography
Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005. Mandell, Elisa C. "A New Analysis of the Gender Attribution of the "Great Goddess" of Teotihuacan." Ancient Mesoamerica 26, no.1 (2015): 29-49.
Robb, Matthew H., editor. Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2017. Dorfman, John. "Where the Gods Were Born." Art & Antiques 41, no.5 (2018): 46-50 Conides, Cynthia. Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient Teotihuacan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.
Selected Exhibition History
The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan. Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, December 7, 2014
Tripod Vessel with Storm God Impersonator450–550 CE
Title
Tripod Vessel with Storm God Impersonator
Culture
Teotihuacan
Place Made
Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan
Date Made
450–550 CE
Medium
Earthenware with postfire stucco and pigment
Dimensions
LE Inventory: 5 5/8 × 5 7/8 in. (14.29 × 14.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1993.217.16
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Curatorial Notes
The goggle eyes and fanged mouth of the figure on this vessel are characteristics of the powerful Central Mexican deity associated with storms, rain, and lightning.
2008
Selected Bibliography
Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005.
Mandell, Elisa C. "A New Analysis of the Gender Attribution of the "Great Goddess" of Teotihuacan." Ancient Mesoamerica 26, no.1 (2015): 29-49.
Robb, Matthew H., editor. Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2017.
Dorfman, John. "Where the Gods Were Born." Art & Antiques 41, no.5 (2018): 46-50
Conides, Cynthia. Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient Teotihuacan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2018.
Selected Exhibition History
The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan. Saturday, March 29 - Sunday, December 7, 2014