Seated ruler figure | Yale University Art Gallery

300 B.C.–A.D. 250

Medium: Carved and painted steatite
Dimensions: 6 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (15.56 × 8.26 × 5.72 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
Accession Number: 2015.1.7
Geography: Chiapas, Mexico, or Guatemala
Culture: Mexico, Chiapas, Izapa or southern Guatemala
Period: Late Formative to Early Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Acquired from a NYC private collector in the early 2000s
Ex-collection: Samuel Dubiner, Tel Aviv

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 17

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, human figures (visual works), sculptures

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