Pyriform Vessel with Serpent

A.D. 800–1200

Ceramic with Pigment, Fine Orange

18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.) base (of base): 9.7 cm(3 13/16 in.) other (Of rim): 6.5 cm(2 9/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen

1958.14.52

Geography:

Made in Mexico

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Mexico, Maya, Isla de Sacrificios

Period:

Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic Period

Classification:

Containers - Ceramics

Provenance:

Purchased from Marquez in Merida circa 1951 or 1952

Bibliography:

Rosemary Sharp, “A Fine-Orange Vessel from the Olsen Collection,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 2 (Spring 1975): 8, fig. 5.

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 149–50, 316, no. 326, fig. 175.

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