Censer Lid with a Figure in a Bird Costume and a Separate Base

A.D. 400–650

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

Medium: Ceramic with pigment and mica
Dimensions: 51.12 × 52.71 × 33.02 × 37.15 cm (20 1/8 × 20 3/4 × 13 × 14 5/8 in.)
base: 27.94 × 36.2 cm (11 × 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
Accession Number: 2018.12.21a-b
Geography: Guatemala
Culture: Guatemala, probably Escuintla, Teotihuacan Style
Period: Early Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Ex-collection Samuel Dubiner Tel Aviv

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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Additional information

Object/Work type

censers, ceremonial objects, lids

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