Flask with Ballplayer Maker: Unknown

A.D. 600–900

Art of the Ancient Americas

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium

Ceramic with pigment

Dimensions

12.7 cm (5 in.)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2018.12.8

Geography

Guatemala, or Mexico

Culture

Mexico or Guatemala, Maya

Period

Late Classic

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Bonhams Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, 13 May 2010
Sale # 18189, lot number 2149.

Acquired from Economos Works of Art, Santa Fe, NM, May 2010

Ex-collection: John Platt/Daniel M. Friendenberg, Greenwich: Arte Primitivo, New York, December 1, 2003
Bibliography

  • "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).
  • Christie's New York, New York, Fine Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (November 21, 2006), 18–19, sale No. 1775, lot 28, ill.
  • Hasso Von Winning, The John-Platt Collection of Pre-Columbian Art (Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia, 1986), 79, fig. 156.
  • Linda Schele and Mary E. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art (Fort Worth, Tex.: Kimbell Art Museum, 1986), 264, plate 103.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art, flasks (bottles), utilitarian objects

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