The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 31, 2023

Architectural Scene

200 BC-AD 300

Mesoamerica, West Mexico, Nayarit

Ceramic, pigment

Overall: 19 x 13 x 9.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.258

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This scene may depict festivities held to commemorate one of life’s milestones, such as marriage.

Description

This scene, which shows several people inside a structure, is a compact version of larger, more elaborate examples. Like them, it could depict festivities held to commemorate one of life’s milestones, such as marriage or the coming of age.

Provenance
?-1958
(Regalos Imperial Guadalajara, MX, 1958, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)
1958-1990
James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1990
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Citations
Young-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 244 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

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. 26, p. 268, repr. fig. 26, p. 244.

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

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.258