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:

Made in Mexico

Status:

Not on view

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.