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Temple Model

200 BCE–200 CE
Not on view
This small platform surmounted by a temple with a peaked roof may have once served as the lid for an incense burner.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Temple Model
  • Date: 200 BCE–200 CE
  • Geography: Mexico, Mesoamerica, Colima
  • Culture: Colima
  • Medium: Ceramic
  • Dimensions: H. 7 × W. 7 × D. 4 1/2 in. (17.8 × 17.8 × 11.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture
  • Credit Line: From the Collection of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft, Bequest of Nina Bunshaft, 1994
  • Object Number: 1995.63.5
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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