Composite Figure of an Enthroned Ruler and Two Vassals

A.D. 600–900

Molded ceramic

7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen

1959.55.2

Geography:

Made in Mexico

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Mexico, possibly Campeche, Jaina Island, Maya

Period:

Late Classic Period

Classification:

Sculpture

Provenance:

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1959 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), 140–41, 303, no. 308, fig. 158.

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