© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Cup with Running Figures

AAT Object Form/FunctionCups (drinking vessels)

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureNasca

PeriodEarly Intermediate, Nasca 6-7

Date600-650 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (14 x 10.8 cm)

Object number1989.008.100

Exhibition HistoryFive Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1995 - November 1996
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca 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), 240, figure 547.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1978.

Status

On view

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