Skip to main content

Veracruz

Whistle in the form of a figure in bed

Veracruz, 400-700

Scroll

Veracruz

Whistle in the form of a figure in bed

Veracruz, 400-700

Physical Qualities Earthenware, 4 9/16 × 5 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (11.6 × 13.8 × 8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Edith Black, Potomac, Maryland
Object Number 1998.396
Whistle in the form of a figure resting on a four-legged bed; hands reach upward to touch a loop which is over the top of the bed at the head; feet are upraised

Culture

Veracruz

2000–2000

Meet Veracruz →

Explore the Collection Further

Veracruz
Figure holding a rattle
550–950
Maya
Whistle in the form of a kneeling figure
250–100
Veracruz
Incensario in the form of bat god
800–1199
Maya
Whistle in the form of a kneeling figure
250–100
Veracruz
Head of Xipe Totec
800–1199
Unknown
Whistle in the form of a human figure
250–1499
Veracruz
Figure of a warrior
800–1199
Whistle in the Form of a Raccoon-Dog (He or Haozi)
801–900
Veracruz
Head for Ballgame (Hacha)
601–900
James McNeill Whistler
Plate XXIII from the book "A Catalogue of Blue and White Porcelain forming the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (London: Elllis and White, 1878)," which reproduces pen and ink drawings by Whistler. One of a series of proofs, lacking the printed plate numbers and identifying numbers, of these illustrations in the Lucas Collection.
1877
Veracruz
Palma
601–900
Henri Matisse
Outstretched Figure on Mahogany Bed
1928