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Art of the Ancient Americas
Artist: Unknown
Bowl with Dragon’s Head in Profile
1500–900 B.C.
Ceramic with pigment
2 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (6.4 × 11.7 cm)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
2018.173.7
Geography:
Guatemala
or geography Mexico
Status:
On view
Culture:
Mexico or Guatemala, Olmec
Period:
Early Formative
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Acquired from Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York, in the late 1970s-early 1980s
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 such records is ongoing.