Portrait urn of individual named 2 Reed
Portrait urn of individual named 2 Reed

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Portrait urn of individual named 2 Reed,

350–550 CE

Zapotec
Early Classic Period (Pitao phase)
2016-1281

Information

Title
Portrait urn of individual named 2 Reed
Dates

350–550 CE

Medium
Ceramic with traces of cinnabar
Dimensions
h. 15.9 cm., w. 10.5 cm., d. 9.6 cm. (6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1281
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Central Valley of Oaxaca

Culture
Early Classic, Zapotec
Period
Early Classic, Monte Albán
Type
urns, ceramics, funerary objects
Materials
ceramic
Subject
portraits

By 1992, Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016, bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum.

[1] The work was in Griffin’s collection when published in Harmer Johnson, Guide to the Arts of the Americas (New York: Rizolli, 1992), p. 40.

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