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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Tripod Chocolate Vessel
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Tripod Chocolate Vessel

Place CreatedMexico, North America
CultureMixtec
PeriodEarly Postclassic
Date900-1200 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau
Dimensions8 3/16 x 8 x 4 1/4 in. (20.8 x 20.3 x 10.8 cm)
Object number1990.011.264
Exhibition HistoryCeremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico, The Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, April 28 - September 2, 1984
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesCeremonial Objects of Ancient Mexico (Memphis: The Museum, 1984), 26, number 118.
Rebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 44, figure 70.
ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Laurence Witten (1926-1995), Connecticut, May 2, 1973.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas