Cacao Vessel with Floral Design | Yale University Art Gallery

A.D. 750–800

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium: Ceramic with pigment and added stucco
Dimensions: 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm)
Credit Line: Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund
Accession Number: 1989.96.1
Geography: Guatemala
Culture: Guatemala, Naranjo, Maya
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Purchased from Sothebys, 1989, sale # 5937

Bibliography

Mary E. Miller, The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec, 5th edition (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 10–11, fig. 3

Mary E. Miller, The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec, 5th ed. (London: Thames and Hudson, 2012), 10–11, fig. 3

Adam Herring, "A Royal Artist at Naranjo: Notes on a Late Classic Maya Cylinder Vessel," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1995–96), 34, 38, fig. 1–2, 7a

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Additional information

Object/Work type

utilitarian objects, vessels

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