Bowl

1500–1300 B.C.

Paloma Negative Ceramic

14.605 × 15.875 cm (5 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

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

2018.12.7

Geography:

Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Olmec

Period:

Early Formative

Classification:

Containers - Ceramics

Provenance:

Ex Collection: George Pepper and Jeanette Bello, Los Angeles, CA, purchased in 1964.
Acquired from The Lands Beyond, New York in 2000; previously sold at Sotheby's New York, November 18 and 20 2000, Lot 264.

Bibliography:

Sotheby’s, New York, Sotheby’s African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (November 18–19, 2000), 140, sale 7556, lot 264.

“Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).

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.