Colima Alabaster Vessel

Possibly Mathias Komor, New York

Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Schimmel, New York

Sotheby’s, New York, Important Antiquities from the Norbert Schimmel Collection, December 16, 1992, lot 123

Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York

European Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1985

Dietrich von Bother, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, New York, 1961, p. 3, no. 5, pl. 1 and 2

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, December 17, 1959 - February 28, 1960

With tripod supports, carved with a stylized coyote head with inlaid shell eyes.

As stone vessels are uncommon from western Mexico, the addition of a mythological creature associated with music and cunning might suggest that the recipient might be a prestige offering.