The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Beaker

Beaker

c. 800–1370
hammered and embossed gold alloy
Overall: 15.2 x 12 cm (6 x 4 3/4 in.)
Gift of James C. Gruener in memory of his wife, Florence Crowell Gruener 1983.189
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Embossed in the central band of this cup are warriors carrying clubs and slings.

Description

Profile figures are unusual in Sicán metal beakers. The presence of such figures is one reason the museum is undertaking research to determine whether this vessel is authentic.
  • -1962
    (Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1962, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
    1962-1983
    James C. Gruener [1903-1990], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1983-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. "Year in Review for 1983." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 2 (1984): 38-79. Mentioned: cat. no. 220, p. 76, Reproduced: p. 59 www.jstor.org
    Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75. Mentioned: cat. no. 135, p. 275, Reproduced: fig. 135, p. 265 www.jstor.org
    Chaplik, Dorothy. Latin American Arts & Cultures. Worcester, Mass: Davis Publications, 2001. p. 88
  • The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).
    The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.189