The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Seated Male Figure with Backrest

100 BCE–300 CE

Mexico, Nayarit, Chinesco style, Type E

pottery with burnished cream and red slips
Overall: 28 x 16 x 18 cm (11 x 6 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.271
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1971?
    (Ramon Ramirez, Indio, CA, 1971?, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
    1971(?)-1990
    James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1990
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Young-Sánchez, Margaret. “The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (September 1992): 234–275. Mentioned: p. 269, no. 32 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Seated Male Figure with Backrest|url=false|author=|year=100 BCE–300 CE|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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