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Art of the Ancient Americas
Maker: Unknown
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.)
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:
Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, Maya, Isla de Sacrificios
Period:
Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic Period
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Marquez, Merida, ca. 1951 or 1952; sold to Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1958 to Yale University Art Gallery, New
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.
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.