Tripod vessel

Photograph of a tripod vessel published in Franco Monti, Terrecotte precolombiane, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan, 1966, p. 15. The photograph is accompanied by the short caption: “Tripod vessel with fresco decoration. Teotihuacán; State of Mexico. Milan, private collection” and by a more extensive description: “Tripod vessel with fresco decoration. H. 9 cm. Teotihuacán; State of Mexico. Milan, private collection. The brilliant and refined decoration adorning this type of vessel is obtained through painting applied on a layer of plaster spread over the terracotta after firing; the ornamentation, always extremely rich, is composed of geometric and curvilinear motifs with decorative effect and symbolic meaning.”