id:			132408
accession number:	1954.857
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.857
updated:		2025-02-28 12:24:42.056000

Seated Figure, 300 BCE–700 CE (thermoluminescence date, 285 BCE–515 CE). Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec style. Ceramic, slip; overall: 32.2 x 17.9 x 18.8 cm (12 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1954.857

title:				Seated Figure
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creation date:			300 BCE–700 CE (thermoluminescence date, 285 BCE–515 CE)
creation date earliest:		-300
creation date latest:		700
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of the Hanna Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec style
technique:	ceramic, slip
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 32.2 x 17.9 x 18.8 cm (12 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America
	opening date:   1970-09-30T04:00:00
	<i>Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 30, 1970-January 3, 1971).

	title:		The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 4-April 6, 1958.  "In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.,"  cat. no. 172.', 'opening_date': '1958-03-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; September 30, 1970 - January 3, 1971.', 'opening_date': '1970-09-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"Before Cortes.  Sculpture of Middle America", repr. in catalogue, in black and white, p. 194, no.155.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; June 29-September 5, 1982.  "The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from The Cleveland Museum of Art," exh. cat. no. 78, repr. in black and white, p. 74, repr. in color, pl. 8.', 'opening_date': '1982-06-29T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Two Pre-Columbian Sculptures." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>42, no. 4 (April 1955): 59-61.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 57; Mentioned: p. 60
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142030

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 366
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n69

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 292
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n316

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 291
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n315

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 394
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n414

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 74, no. 78
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n25

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