Pedestal Vase Depicting K'awiil, God of Lightning Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 800–1200

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

Cedric Marks, New York. Peter G Wray, Scottsdale (#1032-W), acquired on January 17, 1978. Sotheby's New York, May 14, 1991, lot 313. Peter David Joralemon, New York, acquired in the late 1990s; gift to the Yale Unversity Art Gallery, 2017.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (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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