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| Keywords: Veracruz - Double-Chambered Vessel with Monkey - Walters 482774 - Three Quarter.jpg Veracruz sculpture is among the most admired of ancient Mesoamerica yet its study has long been subsumed under the aegis of the highly visible Teotihuacan and Maya civilizations Veracruz refers to the central Gulf Coast of Mexico and has served loosley as a stylistic designation for all art eminating from the region Its art reflects the influences of both Teotihuacan and Maya as well as a distinct aesthetic that developed locally Ceramic sculpture reaches its greatest expression during the Late Classic Life-size figures from El Zapotal Remojadas smiling figures pull-toy animals on wheels and helmeted warriors with removable armor are but a few of the creative forms known Seemingly free from the constraints of their neighboring super powers Veracruz ceramicists sculpted naturalistic highly animated human figures animals and supernaturals Facial expressions and disctinct hand gestures are the most striking features of figural ceramics This double-chambered vessel combines a simple flask with the body of a monkey and can aptly be described as an effigy bottle The elaborate scroll patterning in the cartouches is most closely associated with the art of Classic Veracruz where the vessel is said to originate ca 600 900 Late Classic earthenware cm 22 5 25 12 accession number 48 2774 26908 Raul Kamffer Mexico City 1967 Agueda Hernandez Nyack New York 1981 mode of acquisition unknown Claudia Lord Stokes New York date of acquisition unknown by bequest Walters Art Museum Gift of Claudia Lord Stokes 2003 Art of the Ancient Americas The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2010 place of origin Veracruz Mexico Walters Art Museum license Ceramic vessels Double vessels containers Veracruz Pre-Columbian pottery in the Walters Art Museum Archeological sites in Veracruz Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Monkey-shaped pottery Monkeys in Pre-Columbian art | ||||
