Large Seated Figure Artist: Unknown

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ca. 400–100 B.C.

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

3 3/4 × 2 × 1 3/8 in. (9.4 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm)

Credit Line

Private collection

Loan number

ILE2021.14.10

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Chupicuaro

Period

Late Formative

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Acquired by Albert J. and Monique Grant, New York, 1950s-1960s; sale, Arte Primitivo, New York, October 5, 2020, lot 26; sold to Peter David Joralemon, New York, October 5, 2020 (on loan from the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., from 2021)

- The Grants donated many pre-Columbian objects to the Met: A Veracruz Masked Figure-#2014.244.13,
Michoacan Bed Figures, 2014.244.20, 2014.244.22; Huastec Vessel 2014.244.11; Nayarit Male Seated Figure, 2014.244.1; Olmec Bowl, 2014.244.26; Nayarit Jar, 2014.244.14; Colima Ring of Figures, 2014.244.6; Veracruz Incised Bowl, 2014.244.12; Colima Shell Fish Pendant, 2014.2244.27; plus 10 other objects and drawings by Miguel Coverrubias. They also gave and sold objects to the National Museum of the American Indian: A Chupicuaro figure was purchased from Monique Grat in 1962, #23/173; and a possibly Chupicuaro Rattle in the form of an animal. #23/2721.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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