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PNJ-196477

An Olmec Bowl

Mexico

8.6 cm (3.4 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 91, Sotheby's, New York — May 17, 2000
Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art
Estimate: Not spec.
Sold: USD 31,800
USD 31,800
Lot 9, Sotheby's, New York — Oct 28, 2025
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Estimate: USD 8,000 - 12,000
Sold: USD 13,970
USD 13,970

Publications

  • Miguel Covarrubias, Indian Art of Mexico and Central America, New York, 1957, p. 77, color plate drawing

  • Patricia Anne Garbe, The Olmec jaguar paw-wing motif: correspondences in associated contexts, The University of Arizona, 1971, p. 7, fig. 3b

  • Elizabeth P. Benson and Beatriz de la Fuente, eds., Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, Washington D.C., 1996, pl. 35

Exhibitions

  • Bowers Museum of Art, Santa Ana, Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America, September 22- December 1, 1974

  • National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico, June 30 - October 20, 1996