Figures of an Old Man Fondling a Young Woman

A.D. 600–900

Ceramic with pigment

Figures without attached head: 10.16 × 8.71 × 8.23 cm (4 × 3 7/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
other (Woman’s head): 7.54 × 5.23 × 4.04 cm(3 × 2 1/16 × 1 9/16 in.)

Gift of Mary Miller, Ph.D. 1981

2016.60.1a-b

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Maya, Probably Campeche, Jaina Island

Period:

Late Classic Period

Classification:

Sculpture

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).

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.