id:			155572
accession number:	1990.273
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.273
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:42.639000

Urn Figure, c. 150 BC-AD 200 (Thermoluminescence date, 60 BC-AD 642). Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec. Earthenware; overall: 29.8 x 14.4 x 13 cm (11 3/4 x 5 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.273

title:				Urn Figure
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creation date:			c. 150 BC-AD 200 (Thermoluminescence date, 60 BC-AD 642)
creation date earliest:		-155
creation date latest:		205
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture:	Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec
technique:	earthenware
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 29.8 x 14.4 x 13 cm (11 3/4 x 5 11/16 x 5 1/8 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. 51, p. 270, repr. fig. 51, p. 249.

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PROVENANCE

	(Everett Rassiga, Inc., New York, NY, 1961, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
	date: ?-1961
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	James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1961-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1990
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wall description:
This simply posed and costumed urn figure represents a goddess, or perhaps an ancestress. Early Zapotec ceramic art has a spare elegance that contrasts strongly with the florid ornamentation of later works.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Boos, Frank H. The Ceramic Sculptures of Ancient Oaxaca. Los Angeles (California): [s.n.], 1967.
	page number: 	p. 134
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	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. 249
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161367

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