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Seated man with bowl

Ameca, Jalisco, West Mexico
Seated man with bowl
 Late Formative 300 BCE-300 CE

Medium
earthenware, pigment

Measurements
48.3 × 32.0 × 29.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of J. Gadsden Australia Limited, Fellow, 1982
Hasselblad H4D

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Ameca, Jalisco, West Mexico, Mexico

Accession Number
PC3-1982

Department
Pre-Columbian Art

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Physical description
Monumental seated male holding large bowl, lips outlined in black beard-black circular markings.

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