Spouted Dish with King Vulture Heads

Arts of the Americas
Gallery 136

800/400 B.C.

Olmec
Southern Veracruz or Tabasco, Mexico

Status: On View, Gallery 136
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Olmec
Title: Spouted Dish with King Vulture Heads
Origin: México
Date: 800 BCE–400 BCE
Medium: Ceramic with kaolin slip and cinnabar
Dimensions: 22.9 × 24.8 cm (9 × 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Ethel and Julian Goldsmith
Reference Number: 1997.468
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