"Florero" vessel with star and spider web incised designs
"Florero" vessel with star and spider web incised designs

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Art of the Ancient Americas

"Florero" vessel with star and spider web incised designs,

ca. 450 CE

Teotihuacán
Early Classic Period (Early Teotihuacan phase III)
2016-1081

Information

Title
"Florero" vessel with star and spider web incised designs
Dates

ca. 450 CE

Medium
Brownware ceramic
Dimensions
h. 11.8 cm., diam. 8.6 cm. (4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1081
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Central Mexico, Teotihuacán

Culture
Teotihuacán
Period
Early Classic, Tlamimilolpa
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
stars, geometric patterns

August 30, 1967, George Pepper (1913-1969), Mexico, sold to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to Griffin’s Notebook 1-4.

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