The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Beaker
c. 800–1370
Overall: 15.2 x 12 cm (6 x 4 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view
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Embossed in the central band of this cup are warriors carrying clubs and slings.Description
Profile figures are unusual in Sicán metal beakers. The presence of such figures is one reason the museum is undertaking research to determine whether this vessel is authentic.- -1962(Black Tulip Galleries, Inc., Dallas, TX, 1962, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener)1962-1983James C. Gruener [1903-1990], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1983-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Turner, Evan H. "Year in Review for 1983." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 2 (1984): 38-79. Mentioned: cat. no. 220, p. 76, Reproduced: p. 59 www.jstor.orgYoung-Sánchez, Margaret. "The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (1992): 234-75. Mentioned: cat. no. 135, p. 275, Reproduced: fig. 135, p. 265 www.jstor.orgChaplik, Dorothy. Latin American Arts & Cultures. Worcester, Mass: Davis Publications, 2001. p. 88
- The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-November 29, 1992).The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.189