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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
XOCHIPALA TERRACOTTA CONTAINER
EARLY PRECLASSIC, CA. 1200 - 900 B.C.
Details
XOCHIPALA TERRACOTTA CONTAINER
EARLY PRECLASSIC, ca. 1200 - 900 B.C.
the candelero in the form of a cloud throne, with tapering upturned feet and central recess, covered overall in burnished brown slip with remains of red pigment.
Length 3 5/8 in. (9.4 cm.)
EARLY PRECLASSIC, ca. 1200 - 900 B.C.
the candelero in the form of a cloud throne, with tapering upturned feet and central recess, covered overall in burnished brown slip with remains of red pigment.
Length 3 5/8 in. (9.4 cm.)
Provenance
William O'Boyle Collection
Exhibited
Princeton, Xochipala: The Beginnings of Olmec Art, January 11 - February 13, 1972, fig. 33.
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 1, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 1, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.