The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Offering Group: Vessel
c. 800–1200(?)
Diameter: 18.8 x 18.4 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.252.1
Location: Not on view
Description
The objects in this group, all with traces of red pigment, are said to have been found together, the shells and greenstone plaque inside the translucent stone vessel. A similar offering was found in a pyramid ornamented with feathered serpents at Xochicalco, a site south of the Valley of Mexico.- ?–1966(Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)1966–1990James C. [1903–1990] and Florence C. [1908–1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1990–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Von Winning, Hasso, and Alfred Stendahl. Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America: Text and Notes by Hasso Von Winning. Selection of Plates by Alfred Stendahl. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1968. Reproduced: p. 246, figs. 337 and 338Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (September 1992): 234–275. Mentioned: p. 260, figs. 95 and 96; Reproduced: p. 273, figs. 95 and 96 www.jstor.org
- The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).
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Source URL:
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