Pedestal Bowl Depicting Bicephalic Footed Serpent with Headcrest

Provenance

Enrique Vargas, San José, Costa Rica, by 1980 [according to correspondence from A. McNear, Oct. 16, 1986, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Everett (1904–1984) and Ann (died 1994) McNear, Chicago, 1980; by descent to Ann McNear, Chicago, 1984 [incoming receipt, RX16234, Oct. 15, 1986, copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

Pedestal Bowl Depicting Bicephalic Footed Serpent with Headcrest

Coclé

700–1100

Accession Number

65311

Medium

Ceramic and pigment

Dimensions

15.2 × 29.2 cm (6 × 11 1/2 in.)

Classification

vessel

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Everett McNear in memory of Everett McNear