Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York

J🍬ay C. Leff Collection, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, acquired prior to 1965

Sotheby's, New York, October 10 and ꦦ11, 1975, lot 327, consigned 𓃲by the above

Merrin Gallery, New York

Americꦑan Private Collection, acquired from the a💃bove in 1995

PUBLISHED

Michael D. Coe, The Jaguar's Children: Preclassic Central Mexico, New York, 1965, fig. 49

Elizabeth Kennedy Easby, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, New York, 1966, cat. no. 70

Franz Feuchtwanger, Ceramica Olmeca, Mexico City, 1989, fig. 140

The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, The Jaguar's Children: Preclassic Central Mexico, February 5-May 17, 1965

The Brooklyn Museum, Ancient Art of Latin America from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, November 22 1966- March 5, 1967

Elegantly shaped creamware vessels are highlights of the Olmec tradition as found in Las Bocas and Tlatilco ceramics. The spouted vessel type is particular to Central Mexico and is not seen on ceramics from the Gulf Coast. This large shallow bowl, formerly in the Jay C. Leff collection, shows remains of red pigment which underscores its ritual usage. For a close example, see Berrin and Fields, eds., Olmec, Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, San Francisco, 2010, pl. 124.