Vessel with Rain God and Turkey Head | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 900–1200

Medium: Ceramic, Tohil Plumbate
Dimensions: 7 × 7 1/2 in. (17.78 × 19.05 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
Accession Number: 2017.14.26
Geography: Mexico, or Guatemala, or Honduras, or El Salvador
Culture: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador, Maya
Period: Early Postclassic Period
Classification: Containers
Disclaimer: 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 records is ongoing.

Provenance

Arte Primitivo auction, December 12, 2012, lot 47
Sotheby's New York Pre-Columbian Art, May 31, 1983, lot 95
Ex-collection: Dr. Alan A. Kaplan, Miami Florida in late 1960s/early 1970s

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 15

Sotheby's, New York, Pre-Columbian Art, sale cat. (May 31, 1985), no. 95, estimated price: $2500-$3000
hammer price: $1700, ill

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), mythology, utilitarian objects, vessels

Subject

birds (animals)

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