Grinning Male Figure | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 600–900

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium: Ceramic with pigment
Dimensions: 19 5/16 × 13 × 5 1/8 in. (49 × 33 × 13 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Peggy and Richard Danziger, LL.B. 1963
Accession Number: 1986.134.1
Geography: Veracruz, Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Veracruz, Remojadas
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Bibliography

Mary E. Miller, The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec, 5th edition (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 120, 1233, fig. 109

Mary E. Miller, The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec, 5th ed. (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 123, fig. 109

Mary E. Miller and Karl Taube, An Illustrated Dictionary of The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1993), 155

Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 315, ill

John Bigelow Taylor, Fine Pre-Columbian Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wray, exh. cat. (New York: Harmer Rooke Galleries, October 4, 1984–January 5, 1985), no. 141, 152

Lee Allen Parsons, Pre-Columbian Art: The Morton D. May and The Saint Louis Art Museum Collections, exh. cat. (New York: Harper & Row, 1980), no. 257

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human figures (visual works)

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