Mask with Incised Design in Epi-Olmec Script

300 B.C–A.D. 250

Incised and black slipped ceramic

11.75 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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

2018.12.20

Culture:

Mexico, Chiapas, Izapa

Period:

Protoclassic

Classification:

Sculpture

Status:

Not on view

Provenance:

Ex-collection, Arno Leoff, Eduardo Uhardt, David Bramhall, acquired prior to 1982
William B. O'Boyle , New York, acquired 2/22/82
Acquired from Judith Nash, NYC in the 1990s

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).

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