Figures of an Old Man Fondling a Young Woman Artist: Unknown

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A.D. 600–900

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Ceramic with pigment

Dimensions

Figures without attached head: 4 × 3 7/16 × 3 1/4 in. (10.2 × 8.7 × 8.2 cm)
Woman's head: 2 15/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (7.5 × 5.2 × 4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Miller, Ph.D. 1981

Accession Number

2016.60.1a-b

Culture

Maya, Probably Campeche, Jaina Island

Period

Late Classic Period

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Komor, 1960s; Robert Koch, Professor of Northern Renaissance Art at Princeton University, before 1975; Mary Miller, 1975–2016; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), whistles

Subject

hollow standing

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