Acrobat | Yale University Art Gallery

1500–1000 B.C.

Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 2 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 2 13/16 in. (7.01 × 7.26 × 7.16 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
Accession Number: 2017.14.2
Geography: Mexico
Culture: Mexico, Xochipala Style
Period: Early Formative Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Ex-collections: John A. Stokes Jr., Nyack NY; William O'Boyle, NY; G.A.H. Buizman

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 12

Christie's New York, New York, Fine Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (November 21, 2006), 14–15, no. 22, sale no. 1775, lot 22, ill

Elizabeth P. Benson, Peter David Joralemon, and Justin Kerr, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerica and Ecuador: Selections from Distinguished Private Collections, exh. cat. (Coral Gables, Fla: Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1980), 14, no. 25, ill

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Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), sculptures

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