Large tripod with flared rim

A.D. 250–600

Black slipped ceramic

23 × 31.5 cm (9 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
other (diameter at base): 17.8 cm(7 in.)

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

2015.2.13

Geography:

Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Teotihuacan Culture

Period:

Early Classic Period

Classification:

Containers - Ceramics

Provenance:

Acquired from Sotheby's NY 11/25/96, lot 152
Ex-collection Sotheby's NY 11/25/96, lot 152
Ex-collection European Private Collector, acquired in the 1990s
Ex-collection Alphonse Jax, NY

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).

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