Cylinder pedestal vase with incised faces and modeled jaguar head handles Maker: Unknown

A.D. 600–1200

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Beige ceramic with white and red paint

Dimensions

8 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (21.908 × 24.13 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2008.215.26

Geography

Honduras

Culture

Honduras, Maya or Ulua

Period

Late Classic to Early Postclassic period

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
With Cedric “Duke” Marks (died 1999, dealer), New York. Purchased by Peter G. Wray, Scottsdale, Ariz., 1978 (inv. no. HO23). Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, November 23, 1992, lot 200; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, November 23, 1992 (inv. no. PCV188); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 144
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

utilitarian objects, vases

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