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.
Provenance
(Stendahl Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1966, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener) (?-1966); James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1966-1990); The Cleveland Museum of Art (1990)
Accession Number
1990.252
Medium
travertine or tecali
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.8 x 18.4 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Overall: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); Part 2: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Part 3: 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
