Description
After about the year 800, several Mixtec kingdoms developed in the regions known today as Oaxaca and Puebla in southern Mexico. Mixtec artists excelled in creating small-scale, fine works of art, including polychrome pottery. A Mixtec noble may have used this well-painted goblet to drink chocolate or pulque, a fermented beverage made from the sap of the maguey cactus.
Provenance
Purchased by Benedict Crowell, Jr., 1958, gift to James C. and Florence C, Gruener (?-1958); James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1958-1990); The Cleveland Museum of Art (1990)
Accession Number
1990.212
Medium
pottery with burnished, colored slips
Dimensions
Overall: 12.5 x 8.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
