Figure of a Seated Chieftain

Provenance

Private collection, TX, c. 1969 [this and the following according to Ancient Art of the New World, Invoice 2039, no. 1-1286, June 13, 1997, copy in curatorial object file]. Claudia Giangola and John Menser, Ancient Art of the New World, New York, by 1997 [Incoming permanent receipt, RX21633, June 6, 1997, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997.

Figure of a Seated Chieftain

Colima

100 BCE–250 CE

Accession Number

146944

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

49.5 × 28 × 24 cm (19 1/2 × 11 × 9 1/2 in.)

Classification

earthenware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Through prior acquisitions of the African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund