CUP ON RING PLATE WITH A STYLIZED SAURIAN Cocle culture, Macaracas, Panama 850-1000 A.D.
Ceramic with polychrome decoration on light beige slip
H. 16 cm - D. 33 cm
Cocle (Macaracas) ring plate with a stylized saurian, polychrome ceramic on light beige slip, Panama
H. 6 ¼ in - D.13 in
Provenance:
Private American collection, acquired 2004
Herbert L. Lucas, Los Angeles (#244), acquired before 1993
Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York
Publications:
Townsend, Richard F., (ed.), The Ancient Americas - Art from Sacred Landscapes, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1992, p. 226, fig. 15.
Grinnell, Alan D., Mastery of Color and Design: The Art and Iconography of Ancient Panamanian Ceramics, Manuscript, 2015, chapter 4, fig. 4.62 and chapter 8, fig. 8C.18.
Exhibitions:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, permanent loan (#L.2011.29.5), 27 May 2011 - August 2017
The Ancient Americas - Art from Sacred Landscapes
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 10 October 1992 - 3 January 1993
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 4 February - 18 April 1993
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 6 June - 15 August 1993
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