Bottle
Bottle

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Bottle,

1000–800 BCE

Olmec style
Early Formative Period
y1970-5

Information

Title
Bottle
Dates

1000–800 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 18.8, diam. 12 cm (7 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas C. Roberts, Class of 1921, and Mrs. Roberts
Object Number
y1970-5
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Puebla, Las Bocas

Culture
Olmec
Period
Early Preclassic
Type
bottles, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
iconography

Manuel Cruz Sanchez; acquired by or through Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ, January 26, 1970 [1]; (possibly Thomas C. Roberts and Mrs. Roberts); gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1970. [1] [1] According to dated notebook entry (notebooks 5-9) in the Griffin Archive.

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