id:			160748
accession number:	1998.83.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.83.1
updated:		2025-08-08 00:59:41.304000

Female Seated Figure, 100 BCE–300 CE. Mexico, Nayarit. Ceramic; average: 52.3 x 30.5 x 29.5 cm (20 9/16 x 12 x 11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin 1998.83.1

title:				Female Seated Figure
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creation date:			100 BCE–300 CE
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		300
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of Clara Taplin Rankin
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culture:	Mexico, Nayarit
technique:	ceramic
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Average: 52.3 x 30.5 x 29.5 cm (20 9/16 x 12 x 11 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Art and Archaeology of Ancient West Mexico
	opening date:   1998-09-26T00:00:00
	<i>The Art and Archaeology of Ancient West Mexico</i>. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (September 26-December 5, 1998); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 9-March 2, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Alfred M. [Clara Taplin] Rankin [b. 1917], given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1998
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1998–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Townsend, Richard F., and Patricia Rieff Anawalt. <em>Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown Past</em>. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
	page number: 	fig. 13, p. 43; cat no. 191
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Acquires Major New Sculpture, Rare Chinese Prints, Contemporary Prints, Drawings &amp; Photographs,” October 30, 1998, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4215

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