http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2237/house-group ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: House Group http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2237/house-group 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2237/house-group http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2237/house-group Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic Artist Unknown (Nayarit) -200 -200 Nayarit, Central America, Mexico, Pacific Coast region Ceramic, pigment Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:09:28 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">House Group</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28Nayarit%29">Artist Unknown (Nayarit)</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="-200">200 B.C.-400 A.D.</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/query/location%3A%22G260%22">G260</a> </td> </tr> </table><br/>House Group, the evening meal; polychrome; terra cotta group representing a two-story house with canopy roof on piles and 11 figures occupied with various household tasks on two levels an upper terace and a lower, enclosed room with a wide doorway; on each of two sides a stairway of five steps leads from the base to the upper level; the surface is decorated in polychrome (red, yellow, black) with geometric designs lozenges interlocked and wavy stripes; the piece is much weathered and has been extensively restored http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2237/house-group Artist Unknown (Nayarit)