The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Drinking Cup
900–1519
Overall: 12.5 x 8.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Pulque, once the drink of gods and rulers, is now available in a can.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.- ?-1958Purchased by Benedict Crowell, Jr., 1958, gift to James C. and Florence C, Gruener1958-1990James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1990The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.212