id: 132408 accession number: 1954.857 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.857 updated: 2022-06-21 09:00:35.335000 Seated Figure, 300 BC-AD 700 (Thermoluminescence date, 285 BC-AD 515). Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec style, 300 BC-AD 700. 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 300 BC-AD 700 (Thermoluminescence date, 285 BC-AD 515) creation date earliest: -300 creation date latest: 700 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund copyright: --- culture: Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec style, 300 BC-AD 700 technique: ceramic, slip department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 32.2 x 17.9 x 18.8 cm (12 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00 In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America opening date: 1970-09-30T04:00:00 Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America. 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: 1982-06-30T04:00:00 The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 4-April 6, 1958. "In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.," cat. no. 172.

New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; September 30, 1970 - January 3, 1971.
"Before Cortes. Sculpture of Middle America", repr. in catalogue, in black and white, p. 194, no.155.

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. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The most famous Zapotec tomb ceramics are elaborate figural urns flanked by smaller, simpler companions similar to this one. Like other companions, this example probably belonged to a set of nearly identical figures; two others remain in Mexico. The identity of ceramic tomb figures-whether elite humans, royal ancestors, or deities-is still debated. The Zapotec developed one of Mesoamerica’s earliest writing systems, evidenced by the hieroglyphs on the headdress and chest. These are the names of calendar days, "13 Water" and "13 Flint Knife," respectively. Because people were named after the day on which they were born, one hieroglyph may identify the figure. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 74, no. 78 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 10 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n25 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.857/1954.857_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.857/1954.857_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.857/1954.857_full.tif