Seated Female Figure Holding a Bowl

Provenance

Everett D. Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, by 1958 [according to correspondence from A. McNear, Oct. 16, 1986, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Everett (1904–1984) and Ann (died 1994) McNear, Chicago, by 1960 [on loan to the Art Institute of Chicago for exhibition Primitive Art from Chicago Collections, Wardwell 1960, cat. 24]; by descent to Ann McNear, Chicago, 1984 [incoming receipt, RX16234, Oct. 15, 1986, copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

Seated Female Figure Holding a Bowl

Colima

100–800 CE

Accession Number

65309

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

53.3 × 34.9 × 25.4 cm (21 × 13 3/4 × 10 in.)

Classification

earthenware

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Everett McNear in memory of Everett McNear