Urn of a Seated Figure Wearing a Buccal Mask

A.D. 250–900

Grey slipped ceramic

19.69 × 15.93 × 9.91 cm (7 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 3 7/8 in.)

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

2017.14.9

Geography:

Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Zapotec

Period:

Early Classic to Late Classic Period

Classification:

Sculpture

Provenance:

Acquired from a European Private Collector in the early 1980s.

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

Sotheby’s France, Paris, Le Soleil de Nuit : Trésors Précolombiens dune Grande Collection Française, sale cat. (October 30, 2019), 58–59, fig. lot 21.

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