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Two Dogs with Vessel
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Two Dogs with Vessel

Artist Unknown
DepartmentLatin American Art
CultureJalisco
Dateca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 200
MediumEarthenware with partial slip
Dimensionsh. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
diam. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. J. P. de Werthern
Object number67.129.46
Geography
Place madeMexico
General regionNorth and Central America
DescriptionClay vessel. Double (siamese) dog base is crudely made. The two heads appear to be hand-molded and appliqued. The bowl is serrate-edged, and the entire piece is poorly fired. This is an unusual piece. Although human effigy jars appear, such zoomorphic examples are rare. The crenellated rim of the basin is correct and so are the eyes and mouth but the overall painting of firing are poor. The black patina is manganese dioxide. Although such a bowl would have served for the burning of incense in Central Highland Mexico, it is doubtful that they had the same purpose in Jalisco.Provenancewith Mrs. Jeannette Petter de Werthern (1887-1991), Kettering, OH, by 1967; by donation to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX, 1967; by transfer to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994Published ReferencesKelker, Nancy L, and San Antonio Museum Association. America before Columbus: Pre-Columbian Art in the Collection of the San Antonio Museum Association (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum Association, 1985), 120.
On view
Collections
Image Not Available for Dog Figure with Vessel
Dog Figure with Vessel
Unknown
Culture: Jalisco
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. J. P. de Werthern.
Male Figure
Unknown
Culture: Nayarit
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
Figure with Hands on Hips
Unknown
Culture: Tlatilco
ca. 1000-500 B.C.
Image Not Available for Oblong Bowl
Oblong Bowl
Unknown
Culture: Chupicuaro
ca. 500-100 B.C.
Gift of Glenn Dennis.
Small Vessel in Form of Squash
Unknown
Culture: Jalisco
ca. A.D. 100
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of William E. Spruce.
Portrait Head
Unknown
Culture: Teotihuacan
ca. B.C. 200- A.D. 700
Image Not Available for Jar with Human Faces
Jar with Human Faces
Unknown
Culture: Nayarit
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
Image Not Available for Figure with Elongated Head
Figure with Elongated Head
Unknown
Culture: Colima
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 250
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Friends of Latin American Art.
Ex-voto Dedicated to Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
Unknown
1882
Tomb Guardian
Tomb Guardian
Culture: Chinese
618-907
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Lillie and Roy Cullen Endowment Fund
Fudō Myō-ō, The Immovable One
Culture: Japanese
10th to 11th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Fund for the Acquisition…
Vomitive Spatula with Reptilian Design
Unknown
Culture: Taíno
ca. A.D. 1200-1500

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