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Seated human effigy urn
Seated human effigy urn

Seated human effigy urn

A.D. 600–900
Object PlaceOaxaca, México
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware: white slip paint and traces of red pigment
Dimensions14.6 x 10.79 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession number1993.751
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.
Group shot: 1988.1225a-b
A.D. 400–550
Cache vessel lid
A.D. 400–550
Cylinder vase
A.D. 680–780
Standing female effigy
100 B.C.–A.D. 200
Cylinder vase
650–750 AD
Human effigy
300–100 B.C.
Seated male effigy
500 B.C.–A.D. 100
Effigy vessel
300 B.C.–A.D. 500
Female effigy
300–100 B.C.