Pedestal Vase Depicting K'awiil, God of Lightning Artist: Unknown

A.D. 800–1200

Art of the Ancient Americas

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

Carved ceramic with pigment, Fine Orange

Dimensions

9 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (23.9 × 13.9 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2017.14.41

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Gulf Coast or Yucatan, Maya

Period

Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic Period

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Acquired in the late 1990s
Ex-collection: Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, Oct. 9, 1994-Jan. 5, 1985, fig. 163
Pter G. Wray, Scottsdale, AZ, (#1032-W), Acquired on 1/17/78
Cedric Marks, New York, active in the 1960s
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 15
  • John Bigelow Taylor, Fine Pre-Columbian Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Wray, exh. cat. (New York: Harmer Rooke Galleries, October 4, 1984–January 5, 1985), 51, no. 163
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, mythology, utilitarian objects, vases

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