Vase
| Object Number: | NA5526 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Mexico and Central America Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Ulua Valley (culture) |
| Provenience: | Honduras Ulua Valley |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | 600-800 CE |
| Early Date: | 600 |
| Late Date: | 800 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Height: | 24.46 cm |
| Width: | 26.04 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 16.21 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from L. G. Valentine, 1914 |
| Other Number: | 0204 - Cast Number |
Description
Tall marble vase with handles formed from entwined felines and reptiles. Surface carved with cloud-like scrolls that form the stylized faces of supernatural beings.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mayan Gallery (1954 - 2001) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 181 Top row, right | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 93, pl. 107 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Nevermann, Hans, and Trowell, Kathleen M., and Dockstader, Frederick J., and Anton, Ferdinand. 01 Jul 1979. Primitive Art: Pre-Columbian, American Indian, African, Oceanic.. New York. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 124 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Scott, John F., and Easby, Elizabeth K. 1970. Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America.. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 249, fig. 217 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 93 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Mason, John A. 1943. "The Valley of Mexico: American Collections: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 1-2. pg. 9-26 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 26, fig. 18 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] 1939. Pacific cultures, Department of Fine Arts, Division of Pacific Cultures.. San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 155, No 34, Plate C | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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