Vessel in the Shape of Cocijo, God of Rain

A.D. 200–800

Ceramic with pigment

24.448 × 13.97 × 12.383 cm (9 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 4 7/8 in.)

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

2017.14.20

Geography:

Oaxaca, Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec

Period:

Early Classic Period

Classification:

Containers - Ceramics

Provenance:

Robert and Marianne Huber, Dixon, Illinois, by the mid- 1990s. Sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York; lent to the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1999-2008; gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017

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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).

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.