Classic Veracruz
Seated Jaguar

CultureClassic Veracruz
Titles
  • Seated Jaguar
Date500-700
PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
MediumEarthenware with black pitch (chapopote) and traces of polychrome pigment
Dimensions30 × 15 × 14 in.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number63.1
Not on view

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Provenance[Ricardo Hecht Ochoa, Mexico City, until 1963]; purchased by MFAH, 1963.

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