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Art of the Ancient Americas
Artist: Unknown
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:
Made in Mexico
Status:
Not on view
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).
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.
