Cylindrical Tripod Vessel Artist: Unknown

A.D. 400–500

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Medium

Ceramic, burnished blackware with incised decoration and traces of cinnabar

Dimensions

10.8 × 13.7 cm (4 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Henry Sage Goodwin, B.A. 1927, Fund

Accession Number

1988.25.1

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexico, Teotihuacan Culture

Period

Early Classic Period

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased from Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, Inc.1988 (Spencier Throckmorton, President) from Harmer Rooke Gallery.
Ex-collection: Pepper Collection, NYC Harmer Rooke Gallery
Bibliography
  • Mimi Gardner Gates, "Director's Report 1988," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989): 121.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

utilitarian objects, vessels

Subject

seated figures warriors

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