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Art of the Ancient Americas
Artist: Unknown
Cylindrical Urn with Flanges
A.D. 600–900
Ceramic with white encrustation
46.99 × 24.77 × 16.51 cm (18 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Gift of Theodore N. Kaplan and Henry Tobin
2015.136.2
Geography:
Guatemala
or geography Mexico
Culture:
Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
Period:
Late Classic Period
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Purchased from Lands Beyond, NY 2000.
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).
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