Large tripod with flared rim Artist: Unknown

A.D. 250–600

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Black slipped ceramic

Dimensions

9 1/16 × 12 3/8 in. (23 × 31.5 cm)
diameter at base: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974

Accession Number

2015.2.13

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Teotihuacan Culture

Period

Early Classic Period

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Acquired from Sotheby's NY 11/25/96, lot 152
Ex-collection Sotheby's NY 11/25/96, lot 152
Ex-collection European Private Collector, acquired in the 1990s
Ex-collection Alphonse Jax, NY
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 18
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

utilitarian objects, vessels

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