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Art of the Ancient Americas
Maker: Unknown
Pair of lidded figural vessels
1500–1000 B.C.
Ceramic
.1: 16.193 cm (6 3/8 in.)
.2: 17.463 cm (6 7/8 in.)
.2: 17.463 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil 1974
2008.215.44.2
Geography:
Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, Xochipala
Period:
Early Formative Period
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Ex-collection, John A. Stokes Jr., NY; William O'Boyle, NY; G.A.H. Buisman Jzn.
Bibliography:
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: The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1980), 14, no. 27, ill.
Christie’s New York, New York, Fine Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (November 21, 2006), 8–9, sale no. 1775, lot 9, ill.
“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 144.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
