Zodiac Beaker Artist: Unknown

14th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

4 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.8 × 11.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney, B.A. 1953, M.A. 1954

Accession Number

2021.55.11

Geography

Java, Indonesia

Culture

Indonesian, Javanese

Period

Majahapit Kingdom (1293–1500)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Jean Louis Mercier, Paris [see note 1]; sale Christie's Amsterdam, June 16, 1992, lot 183; sold to Ann R. Kinney and Gilbert H. Kinney (1931–2020), Washington D.C., later New York, June 16, 1992, (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016–2021); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

Note 1: Jean Louis Mercier was a French diplomat who served in Indonesia in late the 1960s and 1970s




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Object/Work type

beakers (drinking vessels)

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