Architectural Scene
200 BC-AD 300
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Architectural Scene, 200 BC-AD 300. Mesoamerica, West Mexico, Nayarit. Ceramic, pigment; overall: 19 x 13 x 9.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.258 This scene, which shows several people inside a structure, is a compact version of larger, more elaborate examples. Like them, it could depict festivities held to commemorate one of life’s milestones, such as marriage or the coming of age. This scene may depict festivities held to commemorate one of life’s milestones, such as marriage.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- ceramic, pigment
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19 x 13 x 9.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1990.258
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Exhibitions
- The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Stories From Storage, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 4 - November 29, 1992. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. 79 (September, 1992.) cat. no. 26, p. 268, repr. fig. 26, p. 244.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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