The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

Beaker

c. 800–1370

Peru, North Coast, Sicán

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

Fun Fact

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.

Provenance
-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
Citations
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
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).

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