Dancer Figure

400–100 B.C.

Ceramic

30.48 × 15 × 9.5 cm (12 × 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
other (wooden mount): 3 × 10 × 15 cm(1 3/16 × 3 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Gift of the Estates of Ivy Starr Minely and Dennis S. Minely

2016.145.7

Geography:

Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Colima

Period:

Protoclassic Period

Classification:

Sculpture

Provenance:

Collection of Dennis and Ivy Minely
Purchased from Sotheby's NY, May 19, 1987, lot 159.
Ex-Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Cedric H. Marks

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.