| Key: GM 83.1.179 | | Actual Location: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada. | | Collection: Howard Leigh (date of purchase 1954); Davis; George C. Gardiner. | | Registration: G83.1.179 | | Provenance: Suchilquiltongo, Oaxaca. | | Measurements: 76 cm. | | Color: Beige clay. | | Chronology: MA IIIB (Boos 1966b: 90); Peche 500 - 600 AD | | Click to view Chronology | | Reference: Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, 1968: no. 108; Boos 1966b: 90; Sotheby Parke Bennet 1974 (October 11): 284; Sotheby Parke Bennet 1975: 366; Winter 1990: 131, fig. c. | | Comments: This monumental vessel is part of a series of four. The other three are at the Frissell Museum: cat. MFR 927, INAH 3313 and MFR 1240. From this last piece, only the head exists. Howard Leigh removed one of these pieces from Mexico and sold it to an individual by the name of "Davis" who lives in New Orleans, United States. Then the piece was auctioned at Sotheby Parke Bennet in 1975 where it was acquired by George C. Gardiner. | | Glyphs: Glyph C in the headdress. | | Dating: TL by Lazos, Ortiz, Ruvalcaba and Sellen, 1999, test #GAR107: authentic. | |
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