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Art of the Ancient Americas
Artist: Unknown
Head Vessel
300 B.C.–A.D. 250
Ceramic with red slip
6 1/2 in. (16.51 cm)
Gift of Peter David Joralemon, B.A. 1969, M.Phil. 1974
2018.12.30
Geography:
Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, Colima, Comala Style
Period:
Protoclassic Period
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
ex-collection: Daniel M. Friedenberg, Greenwich, CT, acquired prior to 1986
Bibliography:
Hasso Von Winning, The John-Platt Collection of Pre-Columbian Art (Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia, 1986), 44, fig. 37.
“Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).
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.
