Cacao Vessel | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 600–900

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium: Ceramic with pigment
Dimensions: 7 1/4 × 3 3/16 in. (18.42 × 8.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Dicey Taylor, Ph.D. 1983, and Justin Kerr
Accession Number: 2017.111.4
Geography: Guatemala
Culture: Guatemala, probably Rio Azul, Maya
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Merrin Gallery, NYC in the 1980s

Bibliography

"Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2018), 100, ill

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 13

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

mythology, utilitarian objects, vessels

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