Abstract figurine

1500–900 B.C.

Ceramic

5.715 cm (2 1/4 in.)

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

2018.12.4

Geography:

Tlatilco, Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Tlatilco

Period:

Early Formative Period

Classification:

Sculpture

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:

Carlo T.E. Gay, Ceramic Figures of Ancient Mexico: Guerrero, Mexico, Guanajuato, Michoacan, vol. 3 (Graz: Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt, 1979), 72, fig. 54.

“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.