Tripod Bowl
600–1000
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Tripod Bowl, 600–1000. Honduras, Ulúa Valley, 7th-10th century. Marble; overall: 8.1 x 6.9 x 10.9 cm (3 3/16 x 2 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.171 Between about 600 and 800, white marble vessels carved in dense relief on their outer surfaces were a form of luxury and wealth in the Ulúa region of Honduras. Two confronting profile zoomorphic heads occur on each side of this example, between three-dimensional handles shaped as bat heads. Originally the vessel may have been covered with stucco and brightly painted. One of two vessels that were the first ancient American artworks collected by James and Florence Gruener.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- marble
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.1 x 6.9 x 10.9 cm (3 3/16 x 2 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1990.171
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Exhibitions
- <em>Art of the Americas</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946)., <em>The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4 - November 29, 1992)., <em>On the Edge of the Maya World: Stone Vases from the Ulua Valley,</em> The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (February 23- May 31, 1993).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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