Acrobatic performer

150 B.C.–350 A.D.

Object PlaceColima, Mexico

Medium/TechniqueEarthenware with painted decoration

DimensionsOverall: 36.8 x 18.4 x 12.4 cm (14 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Timothy Phillips in honor of Dennis Carr

Accession number2019.1990

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceBetween the 1940s and 1960s, acquired in Mexico by a private collector (d. 1969), Houston, TX; by descent to his granddaughter, Tucson, AZ; 2003, sold by his granddaughter to Anthropos Gallery, Los Angeles; 2014, sold by Anthropos to Timothy Phillips, Boston; 2019, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)