Crouching Feline Figure

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Crouching Feline Figure
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Datec. 1300-1500 C.E.
MediumBlackware ceramic
DimensionsOverall: 1 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (4.8 × 4.4 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art
Object number2001.1.38
Not on view
DescriptionSmall blackware clay feline (jaguar?) figure crouching on all four legs

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - Present (no cat.).
Provenance 2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery); by gift of Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Gift of Mrs. Curtis Delano Sluman.
Inscribed "93.32.2" on bottom in black ink.
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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Medium: Blackware ceramic
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Object number: 2001.1.2
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Medium: Ceramic
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Medium: Ceramic with red pigment
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Date: 100 BCE-750 CE
Medium: Polychrome ceramic
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Date: 100 BCE - 250 CE
Medium: Ceramic
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Photograph by David Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
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Date: c. 960-1279 C.E.
Medium: Ceramic with black glaze
Object number: 2016.6.2