Abstract figurine Maker: Unknown

1500–900 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

2 1/4 in. (5.715 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2018.12.4

Geography

Tlatilco, Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Tlatilco

Period

Early Formative Period

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Purchased at auction: An Eclectic Collection, Arte Primitivo, New York, 3/31/09, lot 102.
Acquired about 1981 from Carlo Gay and Frances Pratt. Published: Ceramic Figures of Ancient Mexico, Artes Americanae, Pratt & Gay, 197, fig. # 54.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 12
  • Carlo T.E. Gay, Ceramic Figures of Ancient Mexico: Guerrero, Mexico, Guanajuato, Michoacan, vol. 3 (Graz: Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt, 1979), 72, fig. 54
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

figurines, human figures (visual works)

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