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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Maker: Unknown

Miniature jar

A.D. 900–1521

Reddish Ceramic

4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.) other (body): 4.4 cm(1 3/4 in.) other (rim): 3.3 cm(1 5/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1958.14.20b
Geography: 
Made in Mexico
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Central Mexico
Period: 
Postclassic period
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1958 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 58, no. 78.

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.