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Art of the Ancient Americas
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Miniature jar
A.D. 900–1521
Reddish Ceramic
4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
other (body): 4.4 cm(1 3/4 in.)
rim: 3.3 cm(1 5/16 in.)
other (body): 4.4 cm(1 3/4 in.)
rim: 3.3 cm(1 5/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1958.14.20b
Geography:
Mexico
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.
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