Tripod Vessel

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Tripod Vessel

Artist: Unknown

Culture: Teotihuacan

Period: Pre-Columbian

Date: c. A.D. 1-350

Medium: Earthenware

Dimensions:

2 3/8 × 3 in. (6 × 7.6 cm)

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kayton

Object number: 64.289.31.b

Provenance: with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kayton, San Antonio, TX, by 1964; by gift to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX, 1964; by transfer to the San Antonio Museum of Art 1994

Label Text

The form of this minature vessel with three small conical feet is unique to the makers of Teotihuacan. The incised motif around the exterior of the vessel may be feathers. One of the major religious icons of Teotihuacan was the feathered serpent which could be referenced on this vessel. (Bernadette Cap, 2022)

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Tripod Vessel

Tripod Vessel