Olmec Ceramics Censer Met

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Olmec ceramics censer met. No graves were ever excavated at san lorenzo and the few examples of olmec. Often the animal body forms the entire vessel but at other times the creature is placed on top of an equally hollow low cylinder that is marked as here with cloud or water motifs. Art of oceania africa and the americas from the museum of primitive art. They originally formed a part of the collection of pennsylvanian jay c.

Rockefeller memorial collection bequest of nelson a. The metropolitan museum of art. The metropolitan museum of art new york city the michael c. In the metropolitan museum of art new york city.

Most intact olmec ceramics have been found in burials in the central mexican highlands. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 358. 34 31 8 14 6cm. The metropolitan museum of art 1969 no.

Olmec figure olmec figure ceramic cinnabar red ochre from mexico 12th 9th century bce. The olmec naturalism achieved in megalithic portraits extended also to portable stone sculptures such as regalia related to the mesoamerican ballgame 1978 412 39 and ceramic figures such as depictions of seated individuals and people with nonstandard bodies. May 4 2014 date. Animal effigy vessels are among the most engaging objects known from mesoamerica.

Photograph by katie chao. Leff as did the met s recently acquired aztec serpent labret.