id:			155540
accession number:	1990.251
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.251
updated:		2023-08-23 23:10:03.276000

Bowl, c. 500–1000. Mexico, South-central Veracruz. Molded, carved, and burnished pottery; diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); overall: 11 x 18 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.251

title:				Bowl
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creation date:			c. 500–1000
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		1000
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
copyright:			

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culture:	Mexico, South-central Veracruz
technique:	molded, carved, and burnished pottery
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Overall: 11 x 18 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art
	opening date:   1992-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 4 - November 29, 1992. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. 79 (September, 1992.) cat. no. 68, p. 271, repr. fig. 68, p. 254.

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PROVENANCE

	(Everett Rassiga, Inc., New York, NY, 1965, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1965
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1965-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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wall description:
This mold-made ceramic bowl is decorated with a band of figures depicted in low relief. Most wear masks or grotesque headdresses, and four seem to struggle with deer. The meaning of the scene, which may be drawn from myth, is unknown.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 254
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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