Urn with Solar Deities

A.D. 600–900

Ceramic with pigment

Overall height and diameter: 25.61 × 13.97 cm (10 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Gift of Theodore N. Kaplan and Henry Tobin

2016.148.16a-b

Geography:

Made in Guatemala

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Guatemala, Highlands, Maya

Period:

Late Classic Period

Classification:

Containers - Ceramics

Provenance:

Purchased from the Lands Beyond, New York 1989, #EG-KXYZ/ 562
Ed Gilmore

Bibliography:

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

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.